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Burglary in Cardiff

12 months to June 2026

3.2per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,238 burglary offences in Cardiff in the 12 months to June 2026, down 23.6% (382) on the previous 12 months. That is 3.2 per 1,000 residents against 3.6 for England and Wales.

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

Monthly, December 2010 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: December 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01002003002010201520202025December 2010: 227 offencesJanuary 2011: 275 offencesFebruary 2011: 275 offencesMarch 2011: 350 offencesApril 2011: 304 offencesMay 2011: 298 offencesJune 2011: 254 offencesJuly 2011: 257 offencesAugust 2011: 244 offencesSeptember 2011: 257 offencesOctober 2011: 289 offencesNovember 2011: 330 offencesDecember 2011: 356 offencesJanuary 2012: 374 offencesFebruary 2012: 324 offencesMarch 2012: 387 offencesApril 2012: 384 offencesMay 2012: 314 offencesJune 2012: 345 offencesJuly 2012: 317 offencesAugust 2012: 272 offencesSeptember 2012: 222 offencesOctober 2012: 318 offencesNovember 2012: 361 offencesDecember 2012: 244 offencesJanuary 2013: 228 offencesFebruary 2013: 306 offencesMarch 2013: 302 offencesApril 2013: 260 offencesMay 2013: 251 offencesJune 2013: 235 offencesJuly 2013: 210 offencesAugust 2013: 233 offencesSeptember 2013: 272 offencesOctober 2013: 277 offencesNovember 2013: 315 offencesDecember 2013: 259 offencesJanuary 2014: 270 offencesFebruary 2014: 249 offencesMarch 2014: 234 offencesApril 2014: 257 offencesMay 2014: 243 offencesJune 2014: 238 offencesJuly 2014: 230 offencesAugust 2014: 257 offencesSeptember 2014: 292 offencesOctober 2014: 328 offencesNovember 2014: 262 offencesDecember 2014: 266 offencesJanuary 2015: 348 offencesFebruary 2015: 249 offencesMarch 2015: 273 offencesApril 2015: 316 offencesMay 2015: 215 offencesJune 2015: 223 offencesJuly 2015: 171 offencesAugust 2015: 184 offencesSeptember 2015: 182 offencesOctober 2015: 227 offencesNovember 2015: 230 offencesDecember 2015: 221 offencesJanuary 2016: 243 offencesFebruary 2016: 193 offencesMarch 2016: 253 offencesApril 2016: 210 offencesMay 2016: 251 offencesJune 2016: 257 offencesJuly 2016: 249 offencesAugust 2016: 207 offencesSeptember 2016: 209 offencesOctober 2016: 204 offencesNovember 2016: 237 offencesDecember 2016: 185 offencesJanuary 2017: 231 offencesFebruary 2017: 240 offencesMarch 2017: 260 offencesApril 2017: 201 offencesMay 2017: 276 offencesJune 2017: 216 offencesJuly 2017: 205 offencesAugust 2017: 234 offencesSeptember 2017: 222 offencesOctober 2017: 250 offencesNovember 2017: 303 offencesDecember 2017: 268 offencesJanuary 2018: 227 offencesFebruary 2018: 183 offencesMarch 2018: 189 offencesApril 2018: 181 offencesMay 2018: 227 offencesJune 2018: 264 offencesJuly 2018: 229 offencesAugust 2018: 220 offencesSeptember 2018: 185 offencesOctober 2018: 230 offencesNovember 2018: 201 offencesDecember 2018: 188 offencesJanuary 2019: 202 offencesFebruary 2019: 175 offencesMarch 2019: 146 offencesApril 2019: 204 offencesMay 2019: 201 offencesJune 2019: 179 offencesJuly 2019: 180 offencesAugust 2019: 157 offencesSeptember 2019: 231 offencesOctober 2019: 179 offencesNovember 2019: 191 offencesDecember 2019: 187 offencesJanuary 2020: 170 offencesFebruary 2020: 206 offencesMarch 2020: 190 offencesApril 2020: 148 offencesMay 2020: 102 offencesJune 2020: 131 offencesJuly 2020: 154 offencesAugust 2020: 147 offencesSeptember 2020: 164 offencesOctober 2020: 169 offencesNovember 2020: 208 offencesDecember 2020: 168 offencesJanuary 2021: 133 offencesFebruary 2021: 123 offencesMarch 2021: 163 offencesApril 2021: 196 offencesMay 2021: 141 offencesJune 2021: 181 offencesJuly 2021: 173 offencesAugust 2021: 209 offencesSeptember 2021: 221 offencesOctober 2021: 114 offencesNovember 2021: 138 offencesDecember 2021: 134 offencesJanuary 2022: 132 offencesFebruary 2022: 145 offencesMarch 2022: 165 offencesApril 2022: 149 offencesMay 2022: 159 offencesJune 2022: 130 offencesJuly 2022: 126 offencesAugust 2022: 148 offencesSeptember 2022: 133 offencesOctober 2022: 178 offencesNovember 2022: 149 offencesDecember 2022: 152 offencesJanuary 2023: 165 offencesFebruary 2023: 113 offencesMarch 2023: 115 offencesApril 2023: 127 offencesMay 2023: 157 offencesJune 2023: 114 offencesJuly 2023: 123 offencesAugust 2023: 171 offencesSeptember 2023: 163 offencesOctober 2023: 131 offencesNovember 2023: 116 offencesDecember 2023: 117 offencesJanuary 2024: 131 offencesFebruary 2024: 88 offencesMarch 2024: 106 offencesApril 2024: 118 offencesMay 2024: 134 offencesJune 2024: 142 offencesJuly 2024: 144 offencesAugust 2024: 161 offencesSeptember 2024: 166 offencesOctober 2024: 160 offencesNovember 2024: 109 offencesDecember 2024: 139 offencesJanuary 2025: 134 offencesFebruary 2025: 141 offencesMarch 2025: 125 offencesApril 2025: 99 offencesMay 2025: 112 offencesJune 2025: 130 offencesJuly 2025: 119 offencesAugust 2025: 97 offencesSeptember 2025: 111 offencesOctober 2025: 132 offencesNovember 2025: 110 offencesDecember 2025: 88 offencesJanuary 2026: 108 offencesFebruary 2026: 83 offencesMarch 2026: 109 offencesApril 2026: 70 offencesMay 2026: 118 offencesJune 2026: 93 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 20111,983 (partial)
June 20123,86111.12012
June 20133,3169.52013
June 20143,0578.72014
June 20153,2599.32015
June 20162,6227.42016
June 20172,7157.72017
June 20182,7537.82018
June 20192,3606.62019
June 20202,0725.82020
June 20211,9475.42021
June 20221,8695.12022
June 20231,6774.42023
June 20241,5404.02024
June 20251,6204.22025
June 20261,2383.22025

What this measures

Offences where a person enters a building as a trespasser with intent to steal or commit another offence; residential and non-residential burglary are both included in this police.uk category.

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 burglary rate · All recorded crime in Cardiff