Total Crime Rate
68.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cwrt Y Cadno area has the 30th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Ely , and the 495th highest crime rate of 1,013 local areas in Cardiff .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cwrt Y Cadno (CF5 4PJ) in the last 12 months was 68.5 per 1,000 residents and was 40.4% lower than the Ely average (114.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cwrt Y Cadno (CF5 4PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Michaelston Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Falconwood Drive (14 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 | Wanderers Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stirling Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Michaelston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Michaelston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Falconwood Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Longreach Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Barnwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lon-Werdd Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Michaelston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Michaelston Road | Under investigation |
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