Total Crime Rate
100.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burnham 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.
View Crime In Llanrumney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Williton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashburton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hazlitt Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Somerset Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Somerset Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bronte Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashburton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parracombe Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Burnham Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malmsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malmsmead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honiton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honiton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brayford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brayford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Williton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parracombe Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnstaple Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Macaulay Avenue | — |
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