ASCOT CLOSE, CF5 5BE House Prices & Local Information

CF5 5BE is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Ascot Close, 0.9km from Ely in Cardiff. Administratively it sits within Caerau ward and the Cardiff West constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CF5 5BE is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a large scale education zone — large schools, colleges, and universities, nationally widespread. This is a stable, socially diverse area (average age 45) — accessible for a wide range of households, from young families to empty nesters. 26% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 92 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: With prices averaging £177k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 3.8% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for CF5 5BE are sourced from Output Area W00008832 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.