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St Mellons West

Middle area

North east Cardiff. 6,653 people in 1.1 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by middle area

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In St Mellons West, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£230,500
2,253rd cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
6,468
Joint 3,460th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

Recorded crime in St Mellons West

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Mellons West at a rate of 121.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 112.2 per 1,000 people across Cardiff.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences359
Other crime169
Anti-social behaviour118
Criminal damage and arson73
Drug offences37
Vehicle crime23
Burglary18
Shoplifting4
Robbery3
Theft from the person3

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How St Mellons West compares

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Median sale price48 middle areas, Cardiff · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Cardiff48 areas from £160,000 to £557,500. The middle area is £269,000. St Mellons West is £230,500.
£230,50014th cheapest
Population48 middle areas, Cardiff · 2021
Population: every middle area in Cardiff48 areas from 5,697 to 12,253. The middle area is 7,156. St Mellons West is 6,468.
6,46814th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage48 middle areas, Cardiff · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Cardiff48 areas from 77.2% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.0%. St Mellons West is 99.8%.
99.8%2nd highest
Claimant rate48 middle areas, Cardiff · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Cardiff48 areas from 1.3% to 8.4%. The middle area is 3.3%. St Mellons West is 7.8%.
7.8%3rd highest

Is St Mellons West safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Mellons West at a rate of 121.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 112.2 per 1,000 people across Cardiff.

Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 88 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Mellons West.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (359), other crime (169) and anti-social behaviour (118).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Cardiff

These figures are published for the whole of Cardiff, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Cardiff and not St Mellons West alone. See Cardiff

Average house price
£272,252
Up 2.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,946
121st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.4×
Joint 167th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
381,516
Down 0.1% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
St Mellons West in brief

The median price paid for a home in St Mellons West was £230,500 in 2025.

St Mellons West had 6,468 usual residents at the census.

In St Mellons West, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St Mellons West, 7.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.