Recorded crime
Cardiff recorded crime by postcode district
Crimes police recorded in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of each district centre, across 10 Cardiff districts. Counts, not rates.
Crimes recorded, July 2026
5,781
Across 10 districts, within about 1 mile of each centre.
- Districts
- 10
- Most recorded
- Violence
data.police.uk, July 2026
Summary
Recorded crime in Cardiff: police recorded 5,781 crimes in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of the centre of each of the 10 postcode districts with a published figure. CF15 has the lowest recorded count (53) and CF10 the highest (1,514). The most often recorded category was violent crime, at 32% of the month's recorded crimes. These are counts, not rates: a district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one on footfall alone.
Data from data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026.
Read this first
These are counts, not rates. data.police.uk street-level crime API publishes how many crimes were recorded near a point; it publishes no population figure to divide by. A district with a station, shops and bars will record more crime than a residential one because more people pass through it, not necessarily because residents are more likely to be a victim. Recorded crime is also only crime that was reported and recorded, and reporting rates vary by crime type and by area.
Use this to see the shape of a city and to prompt better questions, not to decide that one district is good and another bad.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on Cardiff crime counts: a wide gap that mostly reflects footfall
July 2026’s police records for Cardiff show 5,781 crimes across 10 districts, with the quietest district at 53 in CF15 and the busiest at 1,514 in CF10, which reflects how many people pass through at least as much as who lives there.
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Key figures
Cardiff crime counts at a glance
Police records for July 2026. A count near each district centre is not a safety ranking.
Lowest district
53
CF15, crimes recorded
Middle district
355
Median of the districts
Highest district
1,514
CF10, crimes recorded
Top category
Violence
1,846 of 5,781 crimes
Recorded crime
Cardiff crime by category and district
5,781 recorded crimes across 10 districts in July 2026.
By category
What the recorded crimes were
Violent crime was the most recorded category, with 1,846 of 5,781 crimes (32%). It describes the month's police records, not what is likely to happen to you.
See the figures
| Category | Recorded | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1,846 | 32% |
| Shoplifting | 737 | 13% |
| Anti social behaviour | 708 | 12% |
| Public order | 671 | 12% |
| Vehicle crime | 456 | 8% |
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
By district
Cardiff districts, lowest recorded count first
Counts run from 53 in CF15 to 1,514 in CF10. Each row is one postcode district: how many crimes police recorded within about a mile of its centre.
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| District | Recorded crimes | Most recorded category | Area data |
|---|---|---|---|
| CF15 | 53 | Violent crime (17) | CF15 area report |
| CF64 | 131 | Violent crime (42) | CF64 area report |
| CF23 | 182 | Violent crime (62) | CF23 area report |
| CF14 | 211 | Violent crime (69) | CF14 area report |
| CF3 | 333 | Violent crime (130) | CF3 area report |
| CF63 | 355 | Violent crime (130) | CF63 area report |
| CF5 | 484 | Violent crime (178) | CF5 area report |
| CF11 | 1,009 | Violent crime (338) | CF11 area report |
| CF24 | 1,509 | Violent crime (441) | CF24 area report |
| CF10 | 1,514 | Violent crime (439) | CF10 area report |
Districts with no figure published for July 2026 are left out rather than shown as zero: a force not having published yet is not the same fact as no crime.
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
Reading the numbers
What the numbers show
Across the 10 Cardiff postcode districts with a published figure for July 2026, police recorded 5,781 crimes in total within roughly a mile of each district centroid. The median district recorded 344.
CF15 has the lowest recorded crime count of the districts listed (53), and CF10 the highest (1,514).
The spread across the city is wide: the highest-counting district recorded about 28.6 times as many crimes as the lowest. Much of a gap that size reflects what is in the radius: a city-centre district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one before any difference in how people behave.
The most frequently recorded category across these districts was violent crime, at 32% of all recorded crimes in the month.
Questions, answered
Cardiff recorded crime: your questions
How many crimes were recorded in Cardiff?
Which Cardiff districts record the fewest crimes?
What is the most commonly recorded crime in Cardiff?
Why does this page not rank Cardiff districts by crime rate?
Source and method
Where these figures come from
data.police.uk street-level crime API (API documentation), month 2026-07, one request per district at its centroid, ~1 mile radius. England and Wales only. Data.police.uk does not carry Police Scotland or PSNI. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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