Total Crime Rate

219.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 219.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.8 9/10
  • Public order 29.4 10/10
  • Drugs 16.0 9/10
  • Other theft 16.0 9/10
  • Burglary 13.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Charteris Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Ely , and the 118th highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Charteris Road (CF5 4EW) in the last 12 months was 219.3 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% higher than the Ely average (121.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 115.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charteris Road (CF5 4EW), the main crime hotspot is near Cymric Close. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Charteris Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ronald Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Heol Muston Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Penygarn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Red House Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fonmon Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fonmon Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heol Muston Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Ronald Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charteris Road
Sep 2025Public order Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Wood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charteris Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charteris Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Ronald Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ronald Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ronald Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ronald Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Plymouth Wood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Plymouth Wood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Charteris Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maureen Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teifi Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ty-Cefn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cymric Close
Sep 2025Burglary Cymric Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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