Total Crime Rate
22.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Arnold Avenue area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 200th lowest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Arnold Avenue (CF3 5PP) in the last 12 months was 22.9 per 1,000 residents and was 79.2% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 20.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arnold Avenue (CF3 5PP), the main crime hotspot is near Hazlitt Close. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Llanrumney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honiton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brayford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bronte Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashburton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honiton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashburton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Williton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brayford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hazlitt Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Williton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Okehampton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Withycombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Withycombe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malmsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malmsmead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Withycombe Road | Under investigation |
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