Total Crime Rate

144.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 144.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.4 7/10
  • Public order 18.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 5.1 4/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Burnham Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 219th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Burnham Avenue (CF3 5NZ) in the last 12 months was 144.0 per 1,000 residents and was 33.7% higher than the Llanrumney average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burnham Avenue (CF3 5NZ), 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 Burnham Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parracombe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shaw Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parracombe Close Under investigation
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shaw Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malmsmead Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Williton Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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