Cardiff violent crime statistics

As of July 2026, the annual crime rate in Cardiff postcode area stands at 37.4 crimes per 1000 people. Cardiff's current crime levels are at 105% of the national crime rate. Violent crime makes up 37.6% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. Violent crime totalled 37.5k representing an increase 2.1% year-over-year.

Cardiff violent crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Cardiff postcode areacrime statisticEngland & Wales
37.4annual crime rate per 1k workday people35.7
105%ratio of national crime rate100%
37.6% share of all crimes35.5%
37.5kcrimes reported2.0M
2.1%annual change1.7%

Cardiff violent crime rate comparison map

Cardiff violent crime rate comparison map
Postcode sectorCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
CF10 1159%571146
CF10 2136%48299
CF10 381%29352
CF10 465%23233
CF10 5106%38617
CF11 062%22105
CF11 6150%53575
CF11 7108%38272
CF11 882%29269
CF11 989%32296
CF14 028%1058
CF14 153%19135
CF14 299%35331
CF14 347%17275
CF14 453%19280
CF14 561%22278
CF14 629%1070
CF14 745%1683
CF14 934%1252
CF15 758%21199
CF15 848%1776
CF15 943%1585
CF23 557%20156
CF23 645%16130
CF23 7126%45282
CF23 842%15118
CF23 9114%41350
CF24 0135%48416
CF24 1148%53313
CF24 2134%48543
CF24 3125%45533
CF24 471%25433
CF24 547%1780
CF3 0109%39428
CF3 1204%73269
CF3 265%2389
CF3 369%25199
CF3 4117%42176
CF3 5125%45315
CF3 6325%11672
CF31 1159%57727
CF31 2132%47353
CF31 372%26268
CF31 486%31414
CF31 558%2167
CF32 075%27104
CF32 7153%55241
CF32 8113%41253
CF32 9135%48502
CF33 4162%58308
CF33 690%32253
CF34 0131%47398
CF34 9113%40327
CF35 521%8118
CF35 6114%41423
CF36 368%24201
CF36 5140%50275
CF37 1127%46524
CF37 280%29165
CF37 3119%43238
CF37 4137%49294
CF37 5142%51449
CF38 154%19164
CF38 295%34300
CF39 0133%48217
CF39 8144%52601
CF39 9144%51386
CF40 1125%45399
CF40 2126%45462
CF41 7138%49415
CF42 5144%51247
CF42 6113%40275
CF43 3182%65231
CF43 4122%44267
CF44 0129%46321
CF44 6148%53430
CF44 7221%79357
CF44 8130%47337
CF44 9131%47368
CF45 3170%61488
CF45 4113%40355
CF46 585%30134
CF46 6105%37237
CF47 090%32219
CF47 8127%45314
CF47 9137%49518
CF48 1134%48437
CF48 271%25168
CF48 3128%46193
CF48 4121%43323
CF5 179%28250
CF5 234%12137
CF5 3128%46415
CF5 4169%61739
CF5 5169%60624
CF5 682%29179
CF61 179%28132
CF61 295%3496
CF62 357%20130
CF62 451%18102
CF62 5234%84173
CF62 677%28106
CF62 7101%36198
CF62 8114%41270
CF62 9165%59306
CF63 1149%53312
CF63 2135%48267
CF63 3105%3749
CF63 4152%54420
CF64 180%28131
CF64 286%31301
CF64 352%19132
CF64 475%27149
CF64 561%22101
CF71 736%13113
CF72 870%25454
CF72 990%32412
CF81 8171%61413
CF81 9159%57369
CF82 6422%15143
CF82 7104%37556
CF82 8137%49242
CF83 1139%50630
CF83 2134%48449
CF83 395%34418
CF83 4143%51246
CF83 8107%38411

Cardiff violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : Cardiff postcode area has the 49. highest crime rate out of 99 postcode areas

Cardiff violent crime rate rank

Cardiff violent crime rate compared to other areas

Violent crime totalled 37.5k representing an increase 2.1% year-over-year. In the graph below, postcode area are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the postcode area crime rate between July 2025 - June 2026 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the postcode area.

+2.1% annual change, crime is increasing

37.5k crimes reported

Cardiff violent crime rate compared to other areasCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

Cardiff violent crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to June 2026.

Cardiff violent crime volume

Cardiff violent crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

Cardiff violent crime rate

Cardiff violent crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

Cardiff violent crime seasonality

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Crime Statistics Detail for Cardiff postcode area
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