CF5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cardiff, Ely and Victoria Park, in Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CF5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CF5, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CF5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CF5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CF5 at a rate of 98.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.0 per 1,000 people across the CF postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 650 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CF5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,490), other crime (1,502) and anti-social behaviour (825).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CF5 was 97.4 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in CF5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CF5 has no single figure. Of its 43 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 15 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in CF5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 014C | 2,898 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.4% |
| Cardiff 026A | 1,508 | 64.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.6% |
| Cardiff 026B | 1,623 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.8% |
| Cardiff 026C | 1,667 | 87.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.7% |
| Cardiff 026D | 1,460 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| Cardiff 026E | 1,213 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| Cardiff 026F | 1,307 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.2% |
| Cardiff 027A | 1,670 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Cardiff 027B | 1,566 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Cardiff 027C | 1,542 | 73.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Cardiff 027D | 1,863 | 122.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Cardiff 031A | 1,603 | 99.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Cardiff 031B | 1,586 | 130.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Cardiff 031C | 1,629 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Cardiff 031D | 1,606 | 122.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| Cardiff 035A | 1,568 | 54.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.8% |
| Cardiff 035B | 1,552 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.1% |
| Cardiff 035C | 1,278 | 108.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Cardiff 035D | 1,539 | 90.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Cardiff 039A | 1,634 | 137.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Cardiff 039B | 1,446 | 135.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Cardiff 039C | 1,508 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Cardiff 039D | 1,533 | 184.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Cardiff 039E | 1,689 | 122.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Cardiff 040B | 1,867 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| Cardiff 040D | 1,454 | 99.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.3% |
| Cardiff 040E | 1,728 | 90.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.5% |
| Cardiff 040G | 1,813 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.2% |
| Cardiff 041A | 1,670 | 164.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Cardiff 041B | 1,394 | 145.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.2% |
| Cardiff 041C | 2,036 | 228.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Cardiff 041D | 1,544 | 181.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Cardiff 043A | 1,601 | 156.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Cardiff 043B | 1,459 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| Cardiff 043C | 1,748 | 103.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Cardiff 043D | 1,266 | 52.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Cardiff 045A | 1,777 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Cardiff 045B | 1,227 | 212.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Cardiff 045C | 1,947 | 70.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.4% |
| Cardiff 045D | 1,645 | 111.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 003A | 2,308 | 82.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.6% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 003C | 2,336 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.5% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 003D | 1,501 | 99.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 62.1% |
MPs for CF5
- Mr Alex Barros-CurtisLabourMP for Cardiff West90% of CF5’s postcodes
- Kanishka NarayanLabourMP for Vale of Glamorgan10% of CF5’s postcodes
- Stephen DoughtyLabour (Co-op)MP for Cardiff South and Penarth0.1% of CF5’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CF510
Postcode sectors in CF58
Councils CF5 covers2
Towns in CF51
Postcode districts next to CF58
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CF postcode area2
CF5 in brief
CF5 is a postcode district covering Cardiff, Ely and Victoria Park, in Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan.
About 72,793 people lived in CF5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £285,000 in 2025 across 942 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 98.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CF5 was £285,000 in 2025.
CF5 had 69,431 usual residents at the census.
In CF5, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CF5, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.