Total Crime Rate

89.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.4 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 89.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 50.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Archer Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Ely , and the 381st 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 Archer Road (CF5 4FL) in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 22.0% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Archer Road (CF5 4FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ty-Cefn Road, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gough Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Archer Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ty-Cefn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aberthaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ty-Cefn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ty-Cefn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ty-Cefn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Red House Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ty-Coch Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Ty-Coch Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ty-Coch Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fonmon Crescent —
Apr 2026Public order Red House Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ty-Cefn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ty-Cefn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Red Brink Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ty-Cefn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charteris Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charteris Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Charteris Crescent —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Frank Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Plymouth Wood Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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