Total Crime Rate
370.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Nottage Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Ely , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 1,028 local areas in Cardiff .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nottage Road (CF5 5DF) in the last 12 months was 370.8 per 1,000 residents and was 205.5% higher 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 146.2% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 112.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nottage Road (CF5 5DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Porthcawl Road, where police recorded 80 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 Ely| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Llandovery Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Addison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caerau Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caerau Park Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caerau Park Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Porthcawl Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Howell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caerau Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caerau Court Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowbridge Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowbridge Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowbridge Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cowbridge Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowbridge Road West | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Addison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crossways Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Llanwern Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Llanwern Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pant-Y-Deri Close | Under investigation |
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