Total Crime Rate
103.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Furness Close area has the 26th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Ely , and the 347th 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 Furness Close (CF5 4PG) in the last 12 months was 103.9 per 1,000 residents and was 14.4% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Furness Close (CF5 4PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clos Culver, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cyntwell Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ely| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cyntwell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Farm Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clos Culver | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Deere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mostyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Macdonald Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clos Lindsay | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clos Culver | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caerwent Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penmark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Penmark Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Penmark Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carling Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cyntwell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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