Total Crime Rate
205.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
123.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Charteris Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Ely , and the 127th highest crime rate of 1,013 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 205.9 per 1,000 residents and was 79.2% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 123.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charteris Road (CF5 4EW), 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.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plymouth Wood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Davids Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highmead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charteris Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ty-Cefn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charteris Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ty-Cefn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ty-Cefn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ty-Cefn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Red House Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ty-Cefn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plymouth Wood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plymouth Wood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charteris Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ty-Cefn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penygarn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Plymouth Wood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ronald Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ronald Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ronald Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penygarn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penygarn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plymouth Wood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maureen Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plymouth Wood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plymouth Wood Road | Under investigation |
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