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BBC News - City Road: Five taken to hospital after reports of assault in Cardiff
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58457143
It's always been a bit lively up there but a few very serious incidents recently
When I worked up there , opposite the Roath pub we would often go for a drink and a curry on a Friday but I am not sure I would now
Albany Road seems a lot more mellow
Not a family based area .
It's really not that bad. some of the asian minimarts along there have some excellent produce.
some of the new restaurants look pretty good too.
I've been there probably 20 times in the last year at various times of the day or evening and it has been fine.
Saw one obvious junky causing a racket in a side street on one occasion but that was about it.
The old cinema/bingo hall/bowling alley that has been taken over by squatters is a shame though. It looks as though it is falling into a very bad state.
Sadly this is very true. When I got married in September 1981 we bought a house just off City Rd. The area at the time was a sold, good working class area. Friendly and welcoming. Not any more. Things started to change in about the mid 1990s. My ex wife being Catholic our girls went to St Peter's. Our next door neighbours 2 girls of the same age went to Albany Rd school where English by then was fast becoming the second language. I dread to think what it is now The last time I walked down there at night, one summer evening about four years ago, it was full of chavvies, junkies and Asian gangs.
Based on what? apart from this incident, i can't really think of any problems with people being attacked or robbed. I go there from time to time for food, and it's friendly and relaxed. The youngsters like to show off their flash cars that daddy has obviously paid for, but there's no issue down there, or at least, i haven't see any.
It's one of the highest areas for crime in Cardiff
Last 3 months has seen 200 violent crimes , on average , per month
When I worked there cardiffs heroin users were being housed in bedsits on and off city road
I don't think there is a clash of cultures or any sort of major meltdown but its a typical mixed inner city area with a transient population , a night time economy , students etc and its quite run down these days
"Cardiff Crime and Safety Statistics | CrimeRate" https://crimerate.co.uk/south-glamorgan/cardiff
The most common crimes in Cardiff are violence and sexual offences, with 5,816 offences during 2020, giving a crime rate of 16. This is 8% lower than 2019's figure of 6,292 offences and a difference of 1.35 from 2019's crime rate of 18. Cardiff's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 138 offences recorded in 2020, a decrease of 19% from 2019's figure of 164 crimes
5816/12 = 484.6666 (per month) for the entire city.
I don't think one road would be the hub for nearly half the violent and sexual crimes in the entire city.
City rd has always been a bit lively, a bit random, anything could happen. Quite a few junkies around the newport rd end my ex junkie mate tells me. I’d rather wander up there than Clifton street at night
My two brothers live in Roath so when I am back in Wales I spend a lot of time around there.
I can't say that I have personally seen any trouble particularly. It's always been pretty diverse.
I have seen, over the last 10 years, the growing number of homeless people on city road and of course that increases the number of drug dealers which invariably increases crime.
But an acid attack is an awfully cowardly thing to do. Just appalling.