Postcode sector · Cardiff
Crime in CF3 1
How much crime is recorded in CF3 1, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Cardiff
- Region
- Wales
- Population
- 13,344 (2024)
CF3 1Postcode sector · Cardiff
How safe is CF3 1
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 36.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in CF3 1, 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
36.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
77
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).
CF3 1National
Violence and sexual offences29.223.6
Shoplifting10.68.4
Anti-social behaviour9.510.7
Public order8.94.6
Criminal damage and arson7.94.7
Burglary7.79.1
Other theft3.94.5
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Drugs2.62.4
Other crime2.11.5
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Theft from the person0.62.1
Robbery0.51.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 12% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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- CF3 1AB
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- CF3 1RD
- CF3 1RE
- CF3 1RF
- CF3 1RG
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- CF3 1RN
- CF3 1RP
- CF3 1RQ
- CF3 1RR
- CF3 1RS
- CF3 1RT
- CF3 1RU
- CF3 1RW
- CF3 1RX
- CF3 1RY
- CF3 1RZ