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Other theft in Cardiff

12 months to June 2026

6.0per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,280 other theft offences in Cardiff in the 12 months to June 2026, down 5.7% (138) on the previous 12 months. That is 6.0 per 1,000 residents against 6.5 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Other theft
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 381,516

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400600201520202025September 2011: 545 offencesOctober 2011: 671 offencesNovember 2011: 548 offencesDecember 2011: 565 offencesJanuary 2012: 520 offencesFebruary 2012: 565 offencesMarch 2012: 545 offencesApril 2012: 536 offencesMay 2012: 555 offencesJune 2012: 522 offencesJuly 2012: 554 offencesAugust 2012: 554 offencesSeptember 2012: 579 offencesOctober 2012: 625 offencesNovember 2012: 580 offencesDecember 2012: 520 offencesJanuary 2013: 507 offencesFebruary 2013: 568 offencesMarch 2013: 542 offencesApril 2013: 496 offencesMay 2013: 347 offencesJune 2013: 385 offencesJuly 2013: 387 offencesAugust 2013: 381 offencesSeptember 2013: 322 offencesOctober 2013: 344 offencesNovember 2013: 349 offencesDecember 2013: 373 offencesJanuary 2014: 323 offencesFebruary 2014: 322 offencesMarch 2014: 380 offencesApril 2014: 398 offencesMay 2014: 393 offencesJune 2014: 428 offencesJuly 2014: 381 offencesAugust 2014: 364 offencesSeptember 2014: 352 offencesOctober 2014: 374 offencesNovember 2014: 360 offencesDecember 2014: 365 offencesJanuary 2015: 329 offencesFebruary 2015: 324 offencesMarch 2015: 366 offencesApril 2015: 343 offencesMay 2015: 319 offencesJune 2015: 332 offencesJuly 2015: 320 offencesAugust 2015: 337 offencesSeptember 2015: 279 offencesOctober 2015: 317 offencesNovember 2015: 304 offencesDecember 2015: 317 offencesJanuary 2016: 323 offencesFebruary 2016: 291 offencesMarch 2016: 261 offencesApril 2016: 310 offencesMay 2016: 337 offencesJune 2016: 337 offencesJuly 2016: 328 offencesAugust 2016: 350 offencesSeptember 2016: 355 offencesOctober 2016: 294 offencesNovember 2016: 343 offencesDecember 2016: 292 offencesJanuary 2017: 286 offencesFebruary 2017: 324 offencesMarch 2017: 325 offencesApril 2017: 281 offencesMay 2017: 299 offencesJune 2017: 341 offencesJuly 2017: 319 offencesAugust 2017: 328 offencesSeptember 2017: 310 offencesOctober 2017: 308 offencesNovember 2017: 308 offencesDecember 2017: 287 offencesJanuary 2018: 283 offencesFebruary 2018: 287 offencesMarch 2018: 249 offencesApril 2018: 306 offencesMay 2018: 304 offencesJune 2018: 311 offencesJuly 2018: 364 offencesAugust 2018: 330 offencesSeptember 2018: 308 offencesOctober 2018: 359 offencesNovember 2018: 337 offencesDecember 2018: 298 offencesJanuary 2019: 307 offencesFebruary 2019: 255 offencesMarch 2019: 303 offencesApril 2019: 316 offencesMay 2019: 335 offencesJune 2019: 264 offencesJuly 2019: 280 offencesAugust 2019: 257 offencesSeptember 2019: 286 offencesOctober 2019: 279 offencesNovember 2019: 312 offencesDecember 2019: 260 offencesJanuary 2020: 250 offencesFebruary 2020: 307 offencesMarch 2020: 233 offencesApril 2020: 153 offencesMay 2020: 173 offencesJune 2020: 185 offencesJuly 2020: 219 offencesAugust 2020: 216 offencesSeptember 2020: 193 offencesOctober 2020: 235 offencesNovember 2020: 228 offencesDecember 2020: 205 offencesJanuary 2021: 185 offencesFebruary 2021: 139 offencesMarch 2021: 175 offencesApril 2021: 192 offencesMay 2021: 220 offencesJune 2021: 232 offencesJuly 2021: 217 offencesAugust 2021: 216 offencesSeptember 2021: 246 offencesOctober 2021: 285 offencesNovember 2021: 277 offencesDecember 2021: 258 offencesJanuary 2022: 238 offencesFebruary 2022: 237 offencesMarch 2022: 261 offencesApril 2022: 253 offencesMay 2022: 264 offencesJune 2022: 263 offencesJuly 2022: 222 offencesAugust 2022: 279 offencesSeptember 2022: 268 offencesOctober 2022: 262 offencesNovember 2022: 270 offencesDecember 2022: 247 offencesJanuary 2023: 237 offencesFebruary 2023: 216 offencesMarch 2023: 281 offencesApril 2023: 250 offencesMay 2023: 255 offencesJune 2023: 259 offencesJuly 2023: 277 offencesAugust 2023: 282 offencesSeptember 2023: 258 offencesOctober 2023: 279 offencesNovember 2023: 293 offencesDecember 2023: 248 offencesJanuary 2024: 219 offencesFebruary 2024: 222 offencesMarch 2024: 246 offencesApril 2024: 217 offencesMay 2024: 219 offencesJune 2024: 284 offencesJuly 2024: 222 offencesAugust 2024: 204 offencesSeptember 2024: 193 offencesOctober 2024: 174 offencesNovember 2024: 193 offencesDecember 2024: 225 offencesJanuary 2025: 203 offencesFebruary 2025: 194 offencesMarch 2025: 218 offencesApril 2025: 176 offencesMay 2025: 210 offencesJune 2025: 206 offencesJuly 2025: 193 offencesAugust 2025: 217 offencesSeptember 2025: 152 offencesOctober 2025: 218 offencesNovember 2025: 192 offencesDecember 2025: 187 offencesJanuary 2026: 198 offencesFebruary 2026: 167 offencesMarch 2026: 181 offencesApril 2026: 192 offencesMay 2026: 206 offencesJune 2026: 177 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 201110,344 (partial)
June 20123,92711.32012
June 20139002.62013
June 20144181.22014
June 20155571.62015
June 20166091.72016
June 20177332.12017
June 20186621.92018
June 20196941.92019
June 20206351.82020
June 20215591.62021
June 20225761.62022
June 20235891.62023
June 20246831.82024
June 20259472.52025
June 20268522.22025

What this measures

Theft not covered by the more specific theft categories, such as theft from work or from a garden.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Cardiff

Every local authority ranked by other theft rate · All recorded crime in Cardiff