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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)
Crime

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
By type

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
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
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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.

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