Cardiff · Crime & flooding

Crime and flood risk in Cardiff

Cardiff is a city. This page covers recorded crime per 1,000 residents and flood risk from rivers and the sea, from official data: each figure with the period it covers, the area it was measured over and its source.

Recorded crime

64 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Period: September 2025 to August 2026. Area: 2021 census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) centred within the analysis area. Source: data.police.uk street-level crime. 5,778 reports among 90,125 residents: street-level crimes and anti-social behaviour recorded over 12 months in the 2021 census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) centred within 3 km, divided by their Census 2021 residents. Per resident, not per visitor: town centres and the coast record more because more people pass through than live there.

No figure for Cardiff: Flood risk from rivers and the sea. A missing figure is left out, never filled in.

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