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Penrhyn-coch

Penrhyn-coch is a village in Dyfed, Wales, with a population of around 2,000. It has 2 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Bow Street, 2.5 km away. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Penrhyn-coch area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Ceredigion area is among the least deprived areas in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 71,474 residents at roughly 40 people per km².

Council
Ceredigion
County
Dyfed
Constituency
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Weather

18°CMist

  • Today: 18° / 16° · 76% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:47Sunset 19:35

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

5 reported · July 2026 400% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Trefeurig inc Penrhyncoch · Dyfed Powys

Local policing priorities

  • To tackle road safety issues within our communities.
  • Tackling anti social behaviour within our communities.

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

Road safety

167 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 238 casualties · 23.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

18 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bow Street (2.1 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bow Street (2.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£237,176 average 1.6% YoY

Across Ceredigion · to 2026-06

Detached£319,645
Semi-detached£202,267
Terraced£179,305
Flat£110,099

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£723 average monthly rent 5.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £561
  • 2 bed £663
  • 3 bed £767

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

Affordability

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Morrisons (5.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Morrisons (5.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

18 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Aberystwyth University (5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

71,474 residents in Ceredigion · 40/km²

  • Under 16: 14%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in Wales

2% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 4% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band E (25% of 36,070)

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

Your MP

Ben Lake

Plaid Cymru

Ceredigion Preseli

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Plaid Cymru majority

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,595 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£682 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,186 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

27% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 38,993 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Nuclear 27% · Gas 11% · Imports 5%

47 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ceredigion Preseli:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Penrhyncoch F.C. · 0.3 km

    Penrhyncoch Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Penrhyn-coch, Ceredigion, Wales. They currently play in the Cymru North.

  • Penrhyn-coch · 0.3 km

    Penrhyn-coch is a small village in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, Wales, located between Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers, close to where they merge into Afon Clarach. The village is approximately 4+1⁄2 miles…

  • Garth, Ceredigion · 0.8 km

    Garth is a small village in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 74.6 miles (120.1 km) from Cardiff and 176.3 miles (283.7 km) from London. Garth is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones and is pa…

  • Hen Gaer · 1.0 km

    Hen Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort, on a hill adjacent to and east of Bow Street, Ceredigion, Wales.

  • Trefeurig · 1.1 km

    Trefeurig is a community in Ceredigion, Wales, situated around 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Aberystwyth. It is a site of particular prehistoric, Roman, and Iron Age interest, and has a long history as a mining area.…

  • Gogerddan · 1.3 km

    Gogerddan was an estate near to Trefeurig and the most important in what was then the county of Cardiganshire, Wales. Owned since at least the fifteenth century by the Pryse family, the main house, called Plas Gogerdd…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Penrhyn-coch?
Penrhyn-coch is a town in Dyfed, Wales, in the Ceredigion local authority.
How deprived is Penrhyn-coch?
The Ceredigion local authority, which includes Penrhyn-coch, is among the least deprived areas in Wales on the WIMD 2019.