Total Crime Rate

97.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lon Werdd Close area has the 27th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Ely , and the 376th 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 Lon Werdd Close (CF5 4SL) in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% lower than the Ely average (121.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 173.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lon Werdd Close (CF5 4SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Trem Y Coed, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marcross Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lon Werdd Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Michaelston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mostyn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery St Fagans Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Penmark Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Penmark Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penmark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wanderers Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ramsons Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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