Total Crime Rate

217.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

87.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 217.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 87.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 87.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.8 8/10
  • Public order 30.1 10/10
  • Burglary 13.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 5/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tintern Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Canton , and the 110th highest crime rate of 1,013 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 Tintern Street (CF5 1NL) in the last 12 months was 217.4 per 1,000 residents and was 148.2% higher than the Canton average (87.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 87.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tintern Street (CF5 1NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tintern Street, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pembrook Mews (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tintern Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Preswylfa Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nottingham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northumberland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pembrook Mews —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Northumberland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pembrook Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pembrook Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clive Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembrook Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Grosvenor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tintern Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tintern Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tintern Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tintern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tintern Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tintern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Lansdowne Avenue East Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wembley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cwrt Y Bragdy Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nottingham Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pembrook Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Northumberland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Avenue West Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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