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Is Cardiff a good place to live? 2026 area guide

Wales / Cardiff·Last updated:

Typical sold price
£272,500
Crime (latest month)
2553/mo
Flood risk
No data
Rental yield
5.1%

Is Cardiff a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, the typical sold price is £272,500, 2553 recorded crimes a month, indicative gross rental yield is around 5.1%. Cardiff, the high-demand Welsh capital across the centre, Canton/Riverside and Roath/Cathays. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Cardiff's 2 postcode areas (CF11, CF24); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.

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A summary of each metric for Cardiff, fused across its postcode areas from official UK data. Follow any card to the full breakdown, sources and the per-address checks.

Typical sold price£272,500

Across Cardiff the typical (median) sold price is £272,500, aggregated from HM Land Registry data over 2 outcodes (CF11, CF24).

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Crime (latest month)2553/mo

data.police.uk recorded 2553 crimes in the latest month across Cardiff's 2 mapped outcodes. Like any town, Cardiff has safer and busier streets, so check the exact address.

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Flood riskNo data

Environment Agency flood layers cover England; see a flood-zone page for the national-authority link-out.

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Rental yield5.1%

The indicative gross rental yield across Cardiff is about 5.1%: ONS mean rent against the HM Land Registry median price. Indicative and area-level, not address-specific.

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Where a metric shows “No data” we did not return a confident figure for Cardiff on the last data refresh; we never fabricate a figure.

What are house prices like in Cardiff?

Across Cardiff the typical (median) sold price is £272,500, aggregated from HM Land Registry data over 2 outcodes (CF11, CF24).

Is Cardiff a safe place to live?

data.police.uk recorded 2553 crimes in the latest month across Cardiff's 2 mapped outcodes. Like any town, Cardiff has safer and busier streets, so check the exact address.

Is Cardiff at risk of flooding?

Environment Agency flood layers cover England; see a flood-zone page for the national-authority link-out.

What are the EPC ratings like in Cardiff?

Across Cardiff the modal EPC band is D, with 42.9% of sampled certificates at band C or above, based on the public MHCLG EPC register sampled across the town's postcodes.

A

0.1%

B

4.7%

C

38.1%

D

39.1%

E

14.4%

F

3%

G

0.6%

What are the schools and transport like in Cardiff?

School catchments and transport links vary street by street within Cardiff. A full HouseCheckup property report shows the catchment-area schools for any address with their Ofsted history, plus the nearest stations and broadband speeds drawn from NaPTAN and Ofcom data. Search an address below for the property-level picture.

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Frequently asked questions about Cardiff

Is Cardiff a good place to live?

Is Cardiff a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, the typical sold price is £272,500, 2553 recorded crimes a month, indicative gross rental yield is around 5.1%. Cardiff, the high-demand Welsh capital across the centre, Canton/Riverside and Roath/Cathays. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Cardiff's 2 postcode areas (CF11, CF24); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.

What is the average house price in Cardiff?

Across Cardiff the typical (median) sold price is £272,500, aggregated from HM Land Registry data over 2 outcodes (CF11, CF24). See the Cardiff sold-prices pages for the full recent-sales tables and local price trend.

Is Cardiff a safe place to live, and is it at flood risk?

data.police.uk recorded 2553 crimes in the latest month across Cardiff's 2 mapped outcodes. Like any town, Cardiff has safer and busier streets, so check the exact address. Environment Agency flood layers cover England; see a flood-zone page for the national-authority link-out. Both are area-level screens. Risk varies street by street, so check the exact address with the HouseCheckup tools.

What rental yield does Cardiff achieve?

The indicative gross rental yield across Cardiff is about 5.1%: ONS mean rent against the HM Land Registry median price. Indicative and area-level, not address-specific. See the rental-yield pages for the by-bedroom rent breakdown.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Rent data: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), April 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Mining Remediation Authority data © Mining Remediation Authority, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026 (GeoClimate UKCP18 Open). Indicative Atlas of Radon. © Crown copyright UKHSA; contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI. Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses. Energy Performance of Buildings Data: England and Wales (MHCLG, OGL v3.0)