Caerphilly

7°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 8° / 5° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 3° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:38

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Caerphilly White Street, United Kingdom

284 reported · August 2026▲ 39% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences95
• Anti-social behaviour55
• Criminal damage & arson40
• Public order26

Neighbourhood team: Cefn Fforest · Gwent

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

145 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 170 casualties · 8.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

235 food businesses within 2 miles

• 166 rated 4–5 ★ (116 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pengam (1.7 km)
• 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£198,545 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Caerphilly · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£747 average monthly rent▲ 8.1% YoY

• 1 bed £551
• 2 bed £689
• 3 bed £777

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

5.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.8 times median annual pay (5.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (11 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (11 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Market Trader Car Park (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches37
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

175,952 residents in Caerphilly · 634/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,025
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,598
• Net moves+427

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in Wales

10% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 24% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (33% of 81,180)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Ruth Jones

Labour

Newport West and Islwyn

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 41
• Grn 1
• Oth 19

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools14
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,070 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

205 jobs advertised · £39,131 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician - Cardiff, Roadside Mechanic, Estimator

Source: Adzuna

£710 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,773 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,189 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

10% low-carbon electricity

Gas 90% · Wind 10%

355 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newport West and Islwyn:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety418 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth223 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals181 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK137 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence123 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni · 0.6 km

  Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni is a Welsh-medium school situated in the village of Fleur-de-Lys in the Rhymney Valley. Cwm Rhymni was founded in 1981 with just over 150 pupils and has since grown to 1,684 pupils, with 1,164 a…

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  Cefn Fforest · 0.8 km

  Cefn Fforest is a community and an electoral ward in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales. A wholly urbanized community, it forms the western fringes of the town of Blackwood. By area, it is the smallest of all of the com…

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  Pengam · 0.8 km

  Pengam is a former coal village and community in the Rhymney Valley, Caerphilly county borough, in Wales. It is also a community, containing itself and the nearby village of Fleur de Lys, and at the 2001 census it has…

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  Cwmbran bus station · 0.9 km

  Cwmbran bus station is a bus terminus and interchange located in the town centre of Cwmbran, South Wales.

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  Blackwood Interchange · 0.9 km

  Blackwood Interchange is a bus station located in the town centre of Blackwood, Caerphilly, South Wales. It is situated on Gordon Road adjacent to the High Street.

• Fleur-de-Lis, Caerphilly · 0.9 km

  Fleur-de-Lis is a village situated in the Rhymney Valley which is part of the South Wales Valleys within Caerphilly County Borough and administered as part of Caerphilly County Borough Council in Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)