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Crime in Cardiff
Published street-crime records for Cardiff from the South Wales Police area on data.police.uk.
Data scope: South Wales Police area — Cardiff, Swansea, Bridgend, and surrounding areas. Not Cardiff local-authority boundaries alone.
Latest month: December 2023
Street-crime records
10,661
Police-recorded action or local resolution
251
Share with those outcomes
2.4%
Coverage for South Wales Police currently spans 121 months
of loaded street-crime data, from December 2013 to December 2023.
Outcome shares are descriptive summaries of published police outcomes, not conviction rates.
Last 12 loaded months
January 2023 to December 2023.
Street-crime records
133,145
Share with action or local resolution
1.8%
Change vs previous 12 months
+9.5%
Month-by-month totals
| Month |
Street-crime records |
| January 2023 |
9,692 |
| February 2023 |
9,861 |
| March 2023 |
10,844 |
| April 2023 |
10,459 |
| May 2023 |
11,805 |
| June 2023 |
11,749 |
| July 2023 |
10,966 |
| August 2023 |
11,709 |
| September 2023 |
11,766 |
| October 2023 |
12,586 |
| November 2023 |
11,047 |
| December 2023 |
10,661 |
Top crime categories
Share of street-crime records in the same trailing window for the South Wales Police area.
| Category |
Records |
Share |
| Violent Crime |
47,714 |
35.8% |
| Anti Social Behaviour |
20,524 |
15.4% |
| Public Order |
15,181 |
11.4% |
| Shoplifting |
11,126 |
8.4% |
| Criminal Damage Arson |
10,635 |
8.0% |
| Other Theft |
8,203 |
6.2% |
| Vehicle Crime |
6,901 |
5.2% |
| Burglary |
3,669 |
2.8% |
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Latest loaded month for South Wales Police: April 2026.
Limits to keep in mind
- These figures are published police records for the South Wales Police area, not a single borough, council area, street, or postcode.
- Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release.
- Recording practices differ between forces, so force-to-force comparisons need care.
- Outcome labels are not court results or conviction rates.
Full detail is on the methodology page.
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