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Broadstreet Common

Broadstreet Common is a town or village in South Glamorgan, Wales. The nearest railway station is Cardiff Queen Street, 6.1 km away. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Broadstreet Common area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Cardiff area is more deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 362,308 residents at roughly 2,571 people per km².

Council
Cardiff
County
South Glamorgan
Constituency
Cardiff South and Penarth
Police force
South Wales

Weather

18°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 20° / 17° · 88% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:33

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Newport Road, United Kingdom

Crime

7 reported · July 2026 133% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Other crime2
  • Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Marshfield · Gwent

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social driving

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

Road safety

240 reported road collisions (2024)

25 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 6.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

90 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 68 rated 4–5 ★ (51 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Cardiff Queen Street (7.0 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Cardiff Queen Street (7.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£270,094 average 2.1% YoY

Across Cardiff · to 2026-06

Detached£516,676
Semi-detached£321,684
Terraced£259,638
Flat£159,783

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,169 average monthly rent 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £902
  • 2 bed £1,078
  • 3 bed £1,203

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

Affordability

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (10.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (10.2 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

44 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: G24 Innovations (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Population

362,308 residents in Cardiff · 2,571/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 67%
  • 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in Wales

18% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 28% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band D (22% of 166,780)

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

Care & health services

1 CQC-registered services

  • GP practices1

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cardiff

Council control

Labour majority

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

15,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£712 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,059 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 191,815 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • 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 Cardiff East:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Cardiff Parkway railway station · 1.5 km

    Cardiff Parkway is a planned railway station in the eastern region of Cardiff, and near to the boundary with the neighbouring city of Newport. The station is privately funded as part of the wider Cardiff Hendre Lakes…

  • Seren Stiwdios · 1.6 km

    Seren Stiwdios is a Welsh film and television studio in Cardiff, Wales. Founded in 2015, the studio complex was operated by the Pinewood Group until March 2020 when the company terminated its agreement with the Welsh…

  • Cardiff Capital Region · 1.7 km

    The Cardiff Capital Region is a city region in Wales, centred on the capital city of Wales, Cardiff, in the southeast of the country. It is a partnership between the ten local authorities of Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, C…

  • St Peter's Church, Wentlooge · 1.8 km

    The Church of St Peter is the former parish church of the village of Peterstone, to the south west of the city of Newport, south Wales. Perpendicular in style, and dating from the fifteenth century, the church underwe…

  • Peterstone · 1.8 km

    Peterstone or Peterstone Wentlooge is a small village to the south-west of the city of Newport, South Wales.

  • Pontprennau and Old St Mellons · 2.2 km

    Pontprennau and Old St Mellons is an electoral ward in Cardiff, Wales. Covering the communities of Old St Mellons and Pontprennau, it is represented by two councillors on Cardiff Council.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Broadstreet Common?
Broadstreet Common is a town in South Glamorgan, Wales, in the Cardiff local authority.
How deprived is Broadstreet Common?
The Cardiff local authority, which includes Broadstreet Common, is more deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.