Total Crime Rate

145.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 145.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.2 10/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Archer Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Ely , and the 216th 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 Archer Road (CF5 4FP) in the last 12 months was 145.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.4% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 52.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 86.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Archer Road (CF5 4FP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cadvan Road, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Courtis Road (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Archer Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tregaron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Courtis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Archer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cadvan Road
Sep 2025Robbery Hiles Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tregaron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Courtis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Courtis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Illtyd Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stanway Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanway Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanway Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llewellyn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llewellyn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Red Brink Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Howell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtis Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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