Total Crime Rate
81.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ball Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 436th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ball Road (CF3 5NH) in the last 12 months was 81.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% lower than the Llanrumney average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ball Road (CF3 5NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Malmsmead Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hazlitt Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Llanrumney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Somerset Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaw Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Somerset Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parracombe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parracombe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parracombe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazlitt Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shaw Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Malmsmead Road | — |
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