Cardiff property guide

The Welsh capital and the largest housing market in Wales.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Cardiff, Cardiff. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of June 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Trains reach London Paddington in about 1 hour 45 minutes.

Median sale price (12m)

£264,000

Sales registered (12m)

2,564

Open schools

297

About Cardiff

Cardiff runs from Victorian terraces in Roath and Canton to the dockside flats of Cardiff Bay and big suburban estates to the north and west.

Government, media and three universities anchor employment. Prices lead Wales but stay below comparable English cities, which draws buyers from across the border.

House prices in Cardiff

The median sale price in Cardiff over the last 12 months was £264,000, across 2,564 recorded transactions. That is 0.6% higher than the previous 12 months.

Terraced homes were the most-traded type in Cardiff, accounting for 1,036 of the period's sales at a median of £265,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£440,000	313
Semi-detached	£300,000	604
Terraced	£265,000	1,036
Flat	£161,000	578
Other	£362,500	33

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Schools in Cardiff

Cardiff has 297 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 41 primary, 11 secondary and 23 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Cardiff centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Clevedon School	BS21 6AH	10.8 km
Gordano School	BS20 7QR	13.1 km
Oasis Academy Brightstowe	BS11 0EB	19 km
St Katherine's School	BS20 0HU	19.2 km
Blaise High School	BS10 7QH	21.7 km

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Crime in Cardiff

In Cardiff, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (28.2%), anti-social behaviour (14.6%) and public order (11.4%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	28.2%
Anti-social behaviour	14.6%
Public order	11.4%
Criminal damage and arson	9.4%
Other theft	8.1%

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Postcode districts in Cardiff

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Cardiff boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
CF10	62,642
CF11	62,642
CF14	62,642
CF15	62,642
CF23	62,642

Frequently asked questions about Cardiff

The median sale price in Cardiff over the last 12 months was £264,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 297 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Cardiff area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Cardiff over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 62,642 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

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Cardiff sold prices

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Crime in Cardiff

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Schools in Cardiff

Primary, secondary and sixth-form

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