Total Crime Rate

116.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 116.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.2 9/10
  • Public order 22.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Housman Close area has the 17th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 305th 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 Housman Close (CF3 5PH) in the last 12 months was 116.3 per 1,000 residents and was 8.1% higher 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 80.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Housman Close (CF3 5PH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Housman Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malmsmead Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shaw Close
Sep 2025Burglary Shaw Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazlitt Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Somerset Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Somerset Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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