Postcode district · Cardiff
Crime in CF3
How much crime is recorded in CF3, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Cardiff
- Region
- Wales
- Population
- 51,514 (2024)
How safe is CF3
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 30.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in CF3, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
30.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
67
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).
CF3National
Violence and sexual offences23.723.6
Shoplifting9.78.4
Anti-social behaviour9.310.7
Public order7.84.6
Criminal damage and arson6.44.7
Burglary6.29.1
Other theft3.14.5
Vehicle crime3.13.5
Drugs2.12.4
Other crime1.91.5
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Robbery0.71.4
Theft from the person0.42.1
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.