Total Crime Rate

395.9 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 395.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 159.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.7 10/10
  • Burglary 20.4 10/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.2 9/10
  • Robbery 8.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Grand Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Ely , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grand Avenue (CF5 4LE) in the last 12 months was 395.9 per 1,000 residents and was 226.2% higher than the Ely average (121.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 93.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grand Avenue (CF5 4LE), 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 Grand Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/40)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Plymouth Wood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cymric Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cymric Close Under investigation
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 Cymric Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cymric Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cymric Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cymric Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Red House Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ty-Cefn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cymric Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cymric Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Wood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teifi Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fonmon Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fonmon Crescent 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Charteris Road —
Sep 2025Public order Charteris Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Narberth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cymric Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Plymouth Wood Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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