The streets in Cardiff where you're most likely to get a parking fine have been revealed. Figures from Cardiff Council show that more than 52,000 fines were issued in the capital in 2021, with the council making more than £1.6 million from giving out tickets.
While 52,074 parking fines were issued in total, 5,649 are still yet to be paid, while a further 5,129 have been successfully appealed. The worst street for fines saw more than 1,000 issued, while only one lucky street had no tickets issued in the space of a year. The figures showed 12 of the 20 worst offending streets were all in the same area of Cardiff.
These statistics were made available following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by WalesOnline, which also showed that the council made £1,615,667 in revenue from parking fines. Read the latest stories from across Cardiff by signing up to our newsletter.
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Finding a space to park in the city can be difficult - and using big multi-storeys can be an unpleasant experience too. But which streets should you be most wary of when looking to avoid a ticket?
Here are the streets in Cardiff which saw the highest number of parking fines issued in 2021:
- Windsor Place, Cathays - 1,006
- Rhymney Street, Cathays - 902
- City Road, Plasnewydd - 716
- Mackintosh Place, Roath - 656
- Wellfield Place, Plasnewydd - 639
- Bute Crescent, Butetown - 600
- Churchill Way, Cathays - 585
- Inverness Place, Roath - 558
- Colum Road, Cathays - 538
- Wharton Street, Cathays - 475
- Albany Road, Plasnewydd - 464
- Fanny Street, Cathays - 451
- Miskin Street, Cathays - 446
- Tredegar Street, Cathays - 442
- Charles Street, Cathays - 435
- Guildhall Place, Cathays - 421
- Woodville Road, Cathays - 406
- West Bute Street, Butetown - 398
- Maindy Road, Cathays - 367
- King Edward VII Avenue, Cathays - 355
Broad Place in Canton was the only street in Cardiff where lucky drivers avoided having any fines issued throughout the whole of 2021. There were also a number of streets where only a single fine was issued. These were:
- Aber Street, Grangetown
- Adam Street, Adamsdown
- Barnwood Crescent, Ely
- Blackberry Way, Pontprennau
- Cardiff Road, Llandaff
- Cartwright Lane, Fairwater
- Chester Place, Grangetown
- Dan Donovan Way, Grangetown
- Ffordd Garthorne, Butetown
- Gray Lane, Pontcanna
- Great Western Lane, Cathays
- Hafren Court, Pontcanna
- Hampton Road, Birchgrove
- Heathmead, Heath
- Inchmarnock Street, Splott
- Johnston Road, Llanishen
- Mandeville Place, Riverside
- Neyland Place, Caerau
- Purbeck Street, Canton
- Richards Place, Roath
- Shelley Walk, Plasnewydd
- Stadium Close, Grangetown
- Sun Street, Adamsdown
- Syr David's Avenue, Pontcanna
- Ton-Yr-Ywen Avenue, Heath
- Waterhouse Drive, Grangetown
- Waterloo Road, Penylan
Fines were issued across the city for a host of different reasons. The main reasons for fines being issued were:
- No permit displayed - 16,118 fines issued
- Parked in a restricted street - 10,401
- Dropped footway - 4,130
- Parked without clear display (on-street) - 3,858
- Disabled person's parking - 3,546
- Loading in restricted street - 2,613
- Invalid/ expired/ part permit displayed - 2,378
- Parked longer than permitted - 1,906
- Parked without clear display (car park) - 1,399
- Parked after payment expired - 1,297
