Crime Statistics for Canton, Cardiff, Cardiff, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Canton in October 2024. There were a total of 341 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Shoplifting	79
Violent Crime	71
Vehicle Crime	52
Public Order	31
Anti Social Behaviour	28
Burglary	25
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Other Theft	15
Other Crime	5
Bicycle Theft	5
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	3
Robbery	2
All Crime	341

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Canton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Canton

We've taken the ten nearest places to Canton and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Canton has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal (1.18 miles)	1726
Blackweir (0.88 miles)	1642
Caerdydd (Cardiff) (1.24 miles)	1170
Cardiff (1.24 miles)	976
Cathays (1.39 miles)	961
Cathays Park (0.62 miles)	665
Pontcanna (0.62 miles)	495
Canton	341
Llandaff (0.88 miles)	269
Grangetown (1.39 miles)	193

Where are the most violent places near Canton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Canton and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Blackweir	840
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal	571
Cathays	538
Cardiff	372
Cathays Park	364
Caerdydd (Cardiff)	332
Pontcanna	113
Grangetown	73
Canton	71
Llandaff	69

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Canton?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Canton to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Canton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Canton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Canton is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Ely	98
2	Riverside	98
3	Llandough	98
4	Caerau	98
5	Grangetown	98
6	Fairwater	97
7	Canton	97
8	Cathays	97
9	Gabalfa	97
10	Llandaff	96
11	Dinas Powys	96

Which road in Canton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Canton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.