Total Crime Rate
116.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Malmsmead Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 306th 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 Malmsmead Road (CF3 5QH) in the last 12 months was 116.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% 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 Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Malmsmead Road (CF3 5QH), 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.
View Crime In Llanrumney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Countisbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Okehampton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Okehampton Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Malmsmead Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Somerset Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Somerset Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazlitt Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Porlock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porlock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Williton Road | Under investigation |
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