Total Crime Rate
227.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
132.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Addison Crescent area has the 6th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Ely , and the 100th 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 Addison Crescent (CF5 4LX) in the last 12 months was 227.7 per 1,000 residents and was 98.3% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 132.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Addison Crescent (CF5 4LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Porthcawl Road, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Addison Crescent (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aberthaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cowbridge Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cowbridge Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nottage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cowbridge Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ogmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Addison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ty-Coch Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ty-Coch Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grand Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ty-Coch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ogmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Addison Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatley Road | Under investigation |
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