Total Crime Rate

87.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 48.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.5 7/10
  • Public order 16.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Heol Muston area has the 27th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Ely , and the 391st highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Heol Muston (CF5 4BA) in the last 12 months was 87.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.7% lower than the Ely average (114.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 48.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heol Muston (CF5 4BA), the main crime hotspot is near Cymric Close. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Heol Muston area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/61)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ty-Cefn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Plymouth Wood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Pendoylan Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pendoylan Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cymric Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cymric Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cymric Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Wood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Plymouth Wood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Plymouth Wood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pengwern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Cymric Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cymric Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cymric Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Penygarn Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pendine Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pendine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pendine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pengwern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pengwern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ronald Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Penygarn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Maureen Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Maureen Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pencader Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pencader Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ronald Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ronald Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Place —
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Data Sources

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