Total Crime Rate

192.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 192.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 107.7 10/10
  • Public order 23.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.5 8/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Blackbirds Way area has the 6th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 141st highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackbirds Way (CF3 5RE) in the last 12 months was 192.3 per 1,000 residents and was 78.6% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 134.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackbirds Way (CF3 5RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coates Place, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackbirds Way (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blackbirds Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Drawlings Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Drawlings Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coates Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Coates Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coates Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coates Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coates Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coates Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Drawlings Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drawlings Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ruperra Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackbirds Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbirds Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Okehampton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Okehampton Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coates Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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