Total Crime Rate
34.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heol Ebwy area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Caerau , and the 303rd lowest 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 Heol Ebwy (CF5 5EE) in the last 12 months was 34.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.4% lower than the Caerau average (140.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heol Ebwy (CF5 5EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Narberth Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chepstow Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cardiff| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Narberth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canaston Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadfield Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishopston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Carnau | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Carnau | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camrose Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newgale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newgale Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chepstow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chepstow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Narberth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Canaston Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narberth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narberth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Saundersfoot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saundersfoot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highmead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tidenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narberth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fonmon Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narberth Road | Under investigation |
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