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Beddau

Beddau is a town in Mid Glamorgan, Wales, with a population of around 8,134. Local amenities include one pharmacy, one supermarket, and seven restaurants and cafés, with 8 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Pontyclun, located 4.2 km away, and there were around 84 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 Beddau area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Rhondda Cynon Taf area is more deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 237,651 residents at roughly 560 people per km².

Council
Rhondda Cynon Taf
County
Mid Glamorgan
Constituency
Pontypridd
Police force
South Wales

Weather

15°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 10° · 58% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:41

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

62US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

Crime

53 reported · July 2026 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences14
  • Anti-social behaviour13
  • Public order7
  • Shoplifting7

Neighbourhood team: Beddau and Tyn-y-nant · South Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Off-road motorbikes & illegal vehicle use. Bikes/scooters being driven dangerously, noise nuisance, Surrons.
  • Drug use & dealing.

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

Road safety

144 reported road collisions (2024)

24 killed or seriously injured · 190 casualties · 6.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

166 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 132 rated 4–5 ★ (100 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Pontyclun (4.2 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Pontyclun (4.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£167,559 average 7.4% YoY

Across Rhondda Cynon Taf · to 2026-06

Detached£293,723
Semi-detached£182,743
Terraced£146,108
Flat£87,430

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£753 average monthly rent 2.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £527
  • 2 bed £675
  • 3 bed £757

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

Affordability

4.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.7 times median annual pay (4.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (7.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Asda (5.5 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

25 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Heol y Sarn, Llantrisant (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches9
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

237,651 residents in Rhondda Cynon Taf · 560/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in Wales

17% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 29% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band A (42% of 111,810)

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

Your MP

Alex Davies-Jones

Labour

Pontypridd

Recent votes:

  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 57
  • Con 1
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

10 jobs advertised

e.g. Cleaner (Grade 1), Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Beddau – Flexible Schedule, Online French Tutoring Job in Beddau – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£666 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,935 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 112,026 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Wind 33% · Solar 20% · Nuclear 3%

163 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in CF38

  • Primary Care D&A Service
  • Parc Canol Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pontypridd:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Beddau · 0.3 km

    Beddau is a large former mining village situated within the South Wales Valleys around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Llantrisant and 4 miles (6.4 km) from the larger town of Pontypridd in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon…

  • Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School · 0.7 km

    Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School is an 11–18 mixed, English-medium, community secondary school and sixth form in Beddau, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. As of March 2023, it had 1319 on roll which included 185 in the sixt…

  • Beddau Halt railway station · 0.9 km

    Beddau Halt railway station was a railway station at Beddau, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

  • Llantwit Fardre · 1.5 km

    Llantwit Fardre is a large village and community situated on the A473, Pontypridd to Bridgend, road near the Welsh towns of Pontypridd and Llantrisant. Llantwit Fardre is also the name of the old parish and the commun…

  • Llantwit Fardre railway station · 1.7 km

    Llantwit Fardre was a station on the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway.

  • Cross Inn railway station · 1.7 km

    Cross Inn railway station was situated on the line between Treforest and Llantrisant, Wales, about half a mile (0.8 km) to the east of Llantrisant village. Typically for this line, the station had a single passenger p…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Beddau?
Beddau is a town in Mid Glamorgan, Wales, in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local authority.
What is the population of Beddau?
Beddau has an approximate settlement population of 8,134.
How deprived is Beddau?
The Rhondda Cynon Taf local authority, which includes Beddau, is more deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.