Blackwood

6°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 9° / 5° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 8° / 3° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:40

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Caerphilly White Street, United Kingdom

274 reported · August 2026▲ 38% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences85
• Anti-social behaviour56
• Criminal damage & arson40
• Public order27

Neighbourhood team: Blackwood · 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)

263 food businesses within 2 miles

• 186 rated 4–5 ★ (123 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pengam (1.6 km)
• 31 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 (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (11.5 km)

6 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 pitches39
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds14

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)

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,070 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

84 jobs advertised · £36,631 avg

e.g. Maintenance Engineer, Network Engineer, CNC Operator

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

14% low-carbon electricity

Gas 86% · Wind 14%

340 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

5 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in NP12

• Markham Medical Centre
• Blackwood Medical Group
• Pontllanfraith Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• 
  Cefn Fforest · 0.3 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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  Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute · 0.8 km

  The Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute is an entertainment venue located at the north end of Blackwood High Street in Blackwood, Caerphilly, Wales and run by Caerphilly County Borough Council. Opened in 1925 as a mine…

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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.

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  Pengam (Mon) railway station · 0.9 km

  Pengam (Mon) railway station served the village of Pengam, historically in Monmouthshire, Wales, from 1865 to 1962 on the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)