Total Crime Rate

129.0 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 129.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.5 9/10
  • Public order 21.5 9/10
  • Drugs 14.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Dunster Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Llanrumney , and the 263rd 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 Dunster Road (CF3 5TP) in the last 12 months was 129.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.8% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunster Road (CF3 5TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mount Pleasant Lane, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Axbridge Crescent (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dunster Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackmoor Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackmoor Place —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Blackmoor Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Minehead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minehead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Porlock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Porlock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coates Place 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 2025Other crime Countisbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coates Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coates Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coates Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridgwater Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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