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Trelewis

Trelewis is a village in Gwent, Wales, with a population of around 2,800. It has around 1 pharmacy and 15 restaurants and cafés, 14 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Quakers Yard, 2.8 km away. There were around 37 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 Trelewis 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
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent

Weather

15°CMist

  • Today: 19° / 14° · 85% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Fog

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

4US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

Crime

60 reported · July 2026 28% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences25
  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Public order8
  • Criminal damage & arson4

Neighbourhood team: Bedlinog and Trelewis · South Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Behavior - Taff Bargoed Park
  • Vehicles parking on pavements on Edwards Terrace, Trelewis.

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

107 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 86 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Quakers Yard (2.0 km)
  • 33 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Quakers Yard (1.9 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: 153.9p · BP (11.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (7.1 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

18 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Trelewis, Bontnewydd Terrace (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches15
  • Playgrounds3

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

Gerald Jones

Labour

Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare

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

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Trelewis – Flexible & Remote, Online Music Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

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

12% low-carbon electricity

Gas 88% · Wind 10% · Nuclear 2%

348 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 Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Trelewis · 0.1 km

    Trelewis is a small village in the Taff Bargoed Valley of south-east Wales, currently located in the southern part of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. It is a former mining village and together with nearby Bedlinog was…

  • Treharris Athletic Western F.C. · 0.1 km

    Treharris Athletic Western F.C. is a football club from Treharris in south Wales who play in the South Wales Premier League Championship Division. Their home ground is based in Parc Taf Bargoed in the neighbouring vil…

  • Trelewis Platform railway station · 0.2 km

    Trelewis Platform railway station served the village of Trelewis in the historic county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1911 to 1964 on the Taff Bargoed Joint Line of the Rhymney Railway and Great Western Railway.

  • Deep Navigation Colliery · 0.2 km

    Deep Navigation Colliery was a coal mine in South Wales, that operated from 1872 until 1991.

  • Taff Merthyr Colliery Halt railway station · 0.3 km

    Taff Merthyr Colliery halt served the nearby Taff Merthyr Colliery near the village of Trelewis in the historic county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1928 to 1964 on the Great Western Railway.

  • Trelewis Halt railway station · 0.3 km

    Trelewis Halt railway station served the village of Trelewis in the historic county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1934 to 1964 on the Great Western Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Trelewis?
Trelewis is a town in Gwent, Wales, in the Caerphilly local authority.
How deprived is Trelewis?
The Caerphilly local authority, which includes Trelewis, is around the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.