Police recorded 346 theft from the person offences in Cardiff in the 12 months to June 2026, down 19.0% (81) on the previous 12 months. That is 0.9 per 1,000 residents against 1.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Theft from the person”
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
0 (partial)
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June 2012
8,117
23.3
2012
June 2013
9,819
28.1
2013
June 2014
10,140
28.9
2014
June 2015
10,217
29.1
2015
June 2016
9,483
26.9
2016
June 2017
10,183
28.7
2017
June 2018
10,308
29.0
2018
June 2019
10,737
30.1
2019
June 2020
8,354
23.2
2020
June 2021
6,253
17.4
2021
June 2022
8,012
21.7
2022
June 2023
9,003
23.7
2023
June 2024
10,709
28.0
2024
June 2025
9,113
23.9
2025
June 2026
8,313
21.8
2025
What this measures
Theft of property directly from a person without force, such as pickpocketing.
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.