Risca

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 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

113 reported · August 2026▲ 24% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences40
• Anti-social behaviour30
• Public order12
• Criminal damage & arson7

Neighbourhood team: Risca West · 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)

97 food businesses within 2 miles

• 66 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Risca and Pontymister (0.7 km)
• 7 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 (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (11.4 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

54 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Longbridge Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds4

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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,070 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

25 jobs advertised · £29,028 avg

e.g. Festive Colleague - Twilights - Risca Extra, Skilled operative, Class 2 Driver

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%

353 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 · 8 pharmacies in NP11

• Abuhb Risca Podiatry
• St. Luke'S Surgery
• Wellspring Medical 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

• Risca railway station · 0.1 km

  Risca railway station was a station on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company Western Valley line, later the Great Western Railway. It was located at Station Place, just south of the junction where the line split…

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  Risca West · 0.4 km

  Risca West is a community and electoral ward in Caerphilly County Borough. It is one of two communities to cover the town of Risca. In 2011 the community and ward had a population of 5229. The community borders Bedwas…

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  Risca and Pontymister railway station · 0.6 km

  Risca and Pontymister railway station is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in south-east Wales. It serves the village of Pontymister and the town of Risca. It is located roughly ½ mile south of the original Risca r…

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  Risca · 0.7 km

  Risca is a town in the Caerphilly County Borough and within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in south-east Wales. It has a population of 11,228.

• Saint Mary & Saint Philopateer Abu Saifain Coptic Orthodox Church · 0.8 km

  St Mary and St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church is the first Coptic Orthodox Church in Wales, at St Mary Street in Risca, Newport, Wales.

• Pontymister · 0.9 km

  Pontymister (Welsh:Pont-y-meistr) is a small village in Caerphilly county borough in Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)