Cardiff South and Penarth

Wales · W07000091

15,848 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, falling versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
15,848
Most common
Violence & sexual offences falling
4,997 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

1,840/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesfalling4,99731.5%
Shopliftingfalling2,02612.8%
Anti-social behaviourfalling1,83511.6%
Public orderfalling1,68110.6%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling1,0106.4%
Other theftfalling9986.3%
Vehicle crimefalling9956.3%
Drugsrising5273.3%
Bicycle theftfalling4662.9%
Burglaryfalling4572.9%
Other crimefalling2471.6%
Robberyrising2401.5%
Theft from the personfalling2121.3%
Possession of weaponsrising1571.0%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.