Total Crime Rate

140.6 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 140.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.8 8/10
  • Public order 23.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Atlas Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Canton , and the 228th 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 Atlas Road (CF5 1PH) in the last 12 months was 140.6 per 1,000 residents and was 63.0% higher than the Canton average (86.3 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 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 71.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Atlas Road (CF5 1PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leckwith Avenue (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Atlas Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadstairs Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bassett Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walford Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gray Lane —
Sep 2025Public order Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leckwith Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atlas Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Library Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leckwith Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Market Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bassett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leckwith Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bassett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theobald Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bassett Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broad Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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