Total Crime Rate

100.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 48.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.3 7/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Burnham Avenue area has the 19th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 335th highest crime rate of 1,013 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 5PD) in the last 12 months was 100.3 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% lower than the Llanrumney average (109.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burnham Avenue (CF3 5PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Somerset Court, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hazlitt Close (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Burnham Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Williton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ashburton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boswell Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hazlitt Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Somerset Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Somerset Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bronte Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashburton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parracombe Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Burnham Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Malmsmead Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malmsmead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Honiton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Honiton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brayford Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brayford Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Williton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parracombe Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barnstaple Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Macaulay Avenue

Data Sources

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