Police recorded 13,082 violence and sexual offences offences in Cardiff in the 12 months to June 2026, up 0.0% (3) on the previous 12 months. That is 34.3 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 381,516
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
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 to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
3,228 (partial)
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June 2012
4,242
12.2
2012
June 2013
4,653
13.3
2013
June 2014
5,642
16.1
2014
June 2015
7,278
20.7
2015
June 2016
8,370
23.7
2016
June 2017
9,786
27.6
2017
June 2018
10,804
30.4
2018
June 2019
12,280
34.4
2019
June 2020
11,493
31.9
2020
June 2021
11,422
31.7
2021
June 2022
13,094
35.4
2022
June 2023
13,229
34.9
2023
June 2024
13,871
36.3
2024
June 2025
13,079
34.3
2025
June 2026
13,082
34.3
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
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.