Total Crime Rate

227.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

132.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 227.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 132.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.6 9/10
  • Public order 26.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Other theft 9.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Addison 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 4LY) 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 4LY), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Addison Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowbridge Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowbridge Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aberthaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fonmon Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grand Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grand Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Cowbridge Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowbridge Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Porthcawl Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Grand Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addison Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addison Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addison Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addison Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Addison Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Addison Crescent
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowbridge Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowbridge Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowbridge Road West Under investigation

Data Sources

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