Total Crime Rate

180.7 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 180.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 58.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.1 7/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Market Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Canton , and the 156th 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 Market Road (CF5 1QF) in the last 12 months was 180.7 per 1,000 residents and was 109.4% higher than the Canton average (86.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Road (CF5 1QF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Market Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/33)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bassett Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Turberville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Library Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harvey Street —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Harvey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turberville Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Turberville Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Llandaff Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Llandaff Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llandaff Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bassett Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atlas Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bassett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gray Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Springfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bassett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theobald Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cowbridge Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Market Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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