Total Crime Rate
60.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highmead Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Ely , and the 474th lowest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highmead Road (CF5 4GX) in the last 12 months was 60.7 per 1,000 residents and was 47.2% 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 Criminal damage and arson ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highmead Road (CF5 4GX), 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 | Shoplifting | Ty-Cefn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Addison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Narberth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Narberth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aberthaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Red House Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cymric Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camrose Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Davids Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Addison Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narberth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ty-Cefn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ty-Cefn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ty-Cefn Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Narberth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fonmon Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chepstow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cymric Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cymric Close | Under investigation |
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