Caerphilly

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• Today: 14° / 8° · 67% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:41

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Caerphilly White Street, United Kingdom

241 reported · July 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences75
• Anti-social behaviour72
• Criminal damage & arson28
• Public order28

Neighbourhood team: Cefn Fforest · Gwent

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

155 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 223 casualties · 8.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

367 food businesses within 2 miles

• 284 rated 4–5 ★ (212 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£197,272 average▲ 5.9% YoY

Across Caerphilly · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£743 average monthly rent▲ 8.4% YoY

• 1 bed £548
• 2 bed £686
• 3 bed £773

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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: 181.7p · Asda (1.1 km)

14 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)

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

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

339 jobs advertised · £44,538 avg

e.g. Customer Service Advisor, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£710 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% 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

2% low-carbon electricity

Gas 98% · Wind 2%

386 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:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership380 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office360 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety347 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s334 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test309 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 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)