Postcode · Cardiff
Crime in CF2 3JG
How much crime is recorded in CF2 3JG, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Plasnewydd
- Council
- Cardiff
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,313 (2024)
- Status
- No longer in use
CF2 3JGCardiff
How safe is CF2 3JG
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 35.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CF2 3JG area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
35.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
95
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
CF2 3JGNational
Shoplifting29.98.4
Burglary26.29.1
Violence and sexual offences18.323.6
Public order8.64.6
Anti-social behaviour7.710.7
Vehicle crime7.53.5
Criminal damage and arson4.24.7
Other theft3.94.5
Drugs2.92.4
Robbery1.81.4
Bicycle theft1.71.0
Possession of weapons1.60.9
Other crime1.41.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 15% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.