Published crime rates, Cardiff (South Wales Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 44	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	CF10 17,423 residents	433.7	7,557
2	SA1 51,841 residents	182.2	9,446
3	CF47 21,975 residents	137.9	3,030
4	CF11 39,181 residents	108.2	4,238
5	CF3 46,042 residents	106.8	4,917
6	CF48 26,852 residents	106.2	2,852
7	CF37 38,789 residents	103.6	4,020
8	SA13 19,144 residents	102.7	1,966
9	CF5 68,982 residents	101.8	7,024
10	SA11 35,638 residents	101.7	3,623
11	CF31 45,338 residents	101.4	4,597
12	CF24 59,340 residents	100.9	5,987
13	CF44 40,976 residents	96.9	3,972
14	CF34 20,023 residents	94.9	1,900
15	SA5 35,509 residents	92.3	3,278
16	SA6 32,710 residents	91.0	2,977
17	CF43 11,428 residents	90.7	1,036
18	SA12 32,611 residents	89.8	2,930
19	CF45 19,411 residents	89.5	1,737
20	CF39 29,008 residents	88.5	2,566

Lowest published rates

Rank of 44	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
44	CF71 9,587 residents	21.4	205
43	CF64 37,467 residents	42.2	1,580
42	SA3 25,348 residents	43.0	1,090
41	CF61 9,651 residents	43.7	422
40	SA4 45,892 residents	47.1	2,163
39	CF23 47,580 residents	47.2	2,244
38	CF38 23,470 residents	48.7	1,142
37	CF15 18,520 residents	49.8	923
36	CF14 78,040 residents	49.9	3,891
35	SA2 36,769 residents	53.9	1,982
34	CF62 43,986 residents	53.9	2,373
33	CF35 21,331 residents	57.0	1,216
32	CF72 27,957 residents	57.9	1,619
31	SA8 13,311 residents	60.9	811
30	SA10 31,036 residents	61.2	1,899
29	SA7 15,445 residents	62.9	971
28	CF46 14,536 residents	64.3	934
27	CF32 31,459 residents	75.7	2,383
26	CF63 21,662 residents	80.0	1,733
25	CF36 15,919 residents	80.6	1,283

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 135	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	CF10 5 6,809 residents	232.2	1,581
2	CF10 4 5,804 residents	221.7	1,287
3	CF31 1 8,925 residents	212.5	1,897
4	SA11 1 6,112 residents	199.3	1,218
5	SA13 1 6,173 residents	165.7	1,023
6	CF11 9 7,600 residents	163.3	1,241
7	CF24 1 6,101 residents	152.9	933
8	CF5 5 12,353 residents	149.2	1,843
9	SA1 2 6,760 residents	146.7	992
10	CF63 4 5,905 residents	137.7	813
11	CF24 3 12,509 residents	134.4	1,681
12	CF48 1 9,054 residents	132.8	1,202
13	SA1 6 14,624 residents	130.3	1,905
14	CF62 5 5,272 residents	124.8	658
15	CF37 4 7,004 residents	121.5	851
16	CF47 0 7,642 residents	119.3	912
17	SA5 4 5,623 residents	118.8	668
18	CF11 8 5,660 residents	118.2	669
19	CF47 9 10,590 residents	117.8	1,247
20	CF37 1 9,911 residents	117.2	1,162

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 135	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
135	CF14 6 9,426 residents	15.4	145
134	SA4 6 7,525 residents	18.5	139
133	SA4 9 6,189 residents	21.3	132
132	CF71 7 9,587 residents	21.4	205
131	CF14 9 6,926 residents	21.5	149
130	CF15 9 5,985 residents	23.9	143
129	CF31 5 6,156 residents	24.9	153
128	CF23 6 10,615 residents	25.2	268
127	CF14 0 5,874 residents	26.0	153
126	CF62 6 5,827 residents	26.1	152
125	CF15 8 7,080 residents	26.6	188
124	CF62 3 7,380 residents	28.6	211
123	CF64 3 8,410 residents	28.9	243
122	SA4 8 6,835 residents	30.0	205
121	SA2 7 10,998 residents	31.0	341
120	CF64 5 6,177 residents	33.0	204
119	CF64 4 7,961 residents	33.2	264
118	CF72 9 16,971 residents	40.6	689
117	CF14 1 9,386 residents	40.7	382
116	SA4 3 9,936 residents	40.9	406

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