Total Crime Rate

81.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 81.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ball 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 5NT) 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 5NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shaw Close, 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ball Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Somerset Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Somerset Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazlitt Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parracombe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parracombe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shaw Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shaw Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parracombe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnham Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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