Published violence and sexual offences rates, Cardiff (South Wales Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published violence and sexual offences 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	134.2	2,339
2	SA1 51,841 residents	65.6	3,400
3	CF47 21,975 residents	49.0	1,076
4	SA11 35,638 residents	46.1	1,643
5	CF45 19,411 residents	44.7	868
6	CF44 40,976 residents	44.3	1,817
7	CF37 38,789 residents	44.1	1,711
8	CF40 20,075 residents	42.9	861
9	CF43 11,428 residents	42.1	481
10	CF48 26,852 residents	42.0	1,129
11	CF39 29,008 residents	41.4	1,202
12	SA6 32,710 residents	41.3	1,352
13	CF31 45,338 residents	40.9	1,856
14	SA13 19,144 residents	39.0	746
15	CF3 46,042 residents	39.0	1,794
16	SA12 32,611 residents	37.8	1,233
17	CF34 20,023 residents	37.5	751
18	CF33 14,924 residents	37.5	559
19	CF42 13,350 residents	37.3	498
20	CF41 10,680 residents	37.3	398

Lowest published rates

Rank of 44	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
44	CF71 9,587 residents	7.6	73
43	CF23 47,580 residents	13.8	657
42	CF14 78,040 residents	15.9	1,239
41	CF64 37,467 residents	16.4	614
40	CF15 18,520 residents	17.1	316
39	CF61 9,651 residents	17.2	166
38	SA3 25,348 residents	17.4	442
37	CF38 23,470 residents	19.6	461
36	CF62 43,986 residents	19.8	873
35	SA4 45,892 residents	20.7	952
34	SA2 36,769 residents	21.3	782
33	CF72 27,957 residents	23.3	652
32	SA7 15,445 residents	24.7	382
31	CF46 14,536 residents	26.5	385
30	CF35 21,331 residents	27.7	591
29	SA8 13,311 residents	29.2	389
28	SA10 31,036 residents	29.5	917
27	CF11 39,181 residents	29.6	1,158
26	CF24 59,340 residents	30.5	1,812
25	CF63 21,662 residents	30.7	666

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 135	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	SA11 1 6,112 residents	92.9	568
2	CF31 1 8,925 residents	84.0	750
3	CF10 5 6,809 residents	77.8	530
4	CF37 1 9,911 residents	56.2	557
5	SA1 2 6,760 residents	55.3	374
6	SA6 7 6,535 residents	53.3	348
7	SA5 7 6,316 residents	52.4	331
8	SA1 6 14,624 residents	52.1	762
9	CF5 5 12,353 residents	51.9	641
10	CF45 3 10,027 residents	50.5	506
11	SA13 1 6,173 residents	50.4	311
12	CF48 1 9,054 residents	49.6	449
13	SA12 7 8,384 residents	49.5	415
14	CF37 5 8,700 residents	48.9	425
15	CF39 9 8,110 residents	47.8	388
16	CF47 9 10,590 residents	47.6	504
17	CF5 4 16,478 residents	47.0	774
18	SA12 6 10,609 residents	46.5	493
19	CF63 4 5,905 residents	45.7	270
20	CF40 1 8,970 residents	44.9	403

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 135	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
135	CF14 6 9,426 residents	4.7	44
134	CF14 9 6,926 residents	7.2	50
133	CF71 7 9,587 residents	7.6	73
132	CF14 0 5,874 residents	8.3	49
131	SA4 6 7,525 residents	8.4	63
130	CF23 6 10,615 residents	8.4	89
129	CF15 9 5,985 residents	10.0	60
128	CF23 5 9,970 residents	10.4	104
127	CF15 8 7,080 residents	10.6	75
126	CF14 1 9,386 residents	10.7	100
125	CF62 6 5,827 residents	11.3	66
124	CF31 5 6,156 residents	11.4	70
123	CF62 3 7,380 residents	11.4	84
122	SA4 9 6,189 residents	11.5	71
121	CF64 5 6,177 residents	11.7	72
120	CF64 3 8,410 residents	11.9	100
119	SA4 8 6,835 residents	13.5	92
118	CF64 4 7,961 residents	13.8	110
117	CF24 4 21,051 residents	14.0	295
116	CF5 2 9,608 residents	14.4	138

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