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New Tredegar

New Tredegar is a town in Gwent, Wales, with a population of around 4,208. It has 1 pharmacy, around 5 restaurants and cafés, 26 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Tir-Phil, 0.9 km away. The average sold house price is around £101,569, and there were around 49 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 New Tredegar area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Caerphilly area is around the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 175,952 residents at roughly 634 people per km².

Council
Caerphilly
County
Gwent
Constituency
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Police force
Gwent

Weather

19°CCloudy

  • Today: 19° / 14° · 85% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 14° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:34

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

2US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

Crime

69 reported · July 2026 68% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences22
  • Anti-social behaviour12
  • Criminal damage & arson12
  • Public order10

Neighbourhood team: New Tredegar · Gwent

Local policing priorities

  • Through a tailored balance between enforcement and engagement, we’re tackling the issue of off road bikes and deliberate grass fires.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

62 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 48 rated 4–5 ★ (30 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Tir-Phil (0.3 km)
  • 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Tir-Phil (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£197,272 average 5.9% YoY

Across Caerphilly · to 2026-06

Detached£314,713
Semi-detached£201,655
Terraced£167,590
Flat£106,806

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (10.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (6.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

32 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Dyffryn Terrace Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

175,952 residents in Caerphilly · 634/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

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

Your MP

Nick Smith

Labour

Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

16 jobs advertised · £31,200 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Online Computer science Tutoring Job in New Tredegar – Flexible Schedule, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,189 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

11% low-carbon electricity

Gas 89% · Solar 7% · Wind 5%

349 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney:

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

Notable places nearby

  • New Tredegar · 0.1 km

    New Tredegar is a former mining town and community in the Rhymney Valley, Caerphilly county borough, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

  • Tir-Phil railway station · 0.3 km

    Tir-Phil railway station is a railway station serving the village of Tir-Phil and the town of New Tredegar, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network. Work to extend the platform to tak…

  • Tir-Phil · 0.6 km

    Tir-Phil is a village in the community of New Tredegar in the Caerphilly county borough of south Wales. Historically Tir-phil was within the Parish of Gelligaer, in the county of Glamorgan.

  • Cefn y Brithdir · 1.5 km

    Cefn y Brithdir is a broad ridge of high ground between the Rhymney Valley and Cwm Darran in the Valleys region of South Wales. It lies within the County Borough of Caerphilly.

  • Brithdir, Caerphilly · 1.5 km

    Brithdir is a small village in the northern part of the Rhymney Valley near New Tredegar, in the county borough of Caerphilly, south Wales.

  • Brithdir railway station · 1.5 km

    Brithdir railway station is a railway station serving the village of Brithdir near New Tredegar, South Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line 18+3⁄4 miles (30.2 km) north of Cardiff Central which is part of the Trans…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is New Tredegar?
New Tredegar is a town in Gwent, Wales, in the Caerphilly local authority.
What is the population of New Tredegar?
New Tredegar has an approximate settlement population of 4,208.
How deprived is New Tredegar?
The Caerphilly local authority, which includes New Tredegar, is around the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.