Cardiff

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 17° · 94% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:34

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

1603 reported · July 2026▲ 30% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences473
• Shoplifting238
• Anti-social behaviour184
• Vehicle crime160

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Cathays · South Wales

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

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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 402 rated 4–5 ★ (312 top)
• 17 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Cardiff Central (0.5 km)
• 113 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,094 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Cardiff · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (11 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (11.2 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

71 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: St David's Shopping Centre (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres11
• Gyms9
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches70
• Playgrounds20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

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

1 CQC-registered services

• GP practices1

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cardiff

Stephen Doughty

Labour (Co-op)

Cardiff South and Penarth

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics16
• Pharmacies13
• Supermarkets17
• Parks & greens535
• Restaurants & cafés421

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,764 jobs advertised · £42,982 avg

e.g. Customer Service Representative, Customer Service Advisor - Part-time Evenings, Loss Adjuster

Source: Adzuna

£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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 191,815 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Wind 3% · Solar 2%

376 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cardiff South and Penarth:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership483 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s264 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership211 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office208 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test159 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Tenovus Cancer Care · 0.1 km

  Tenovus Cancer Care is a Welsh cancer charity that supports cancer patients and their families, funds cancer research, and works to raise awareness on how to prevent cancer.

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  Cardiff Market · 0.1 km

  Cardiff Market, also known as Cardiff Central Market and as the Market Building, is a Victorian indoor market in the Castle Quarter of Cardiff city centre, capital city of Wales.

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  Castle Arcade · 0.1 km

  The Castle Arcade is a shopping arcade in Cardiff, South Wales.

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  Jackson Hall, Cardiff · 0.1 km

  Jackson Hall is a Grade II listed building on Westgate Street, in central Cardiff, Wales. It was designed by John Prichard and George Robinson and built in 1878. It stands adjacent to the Cardiff and Country Club. Beh…

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  District of Cardiff · 0.1 km

  The Cardiff district was one of the two local government districts of South Glamorgan in Wales from 1974 to 1996.

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  Cardiff Centenary Walk · 0.1 km

  The Cardiff Centenary Walk is a tourist walkway through Cardiff city centre in Wales. Established as part of Cardiff's centennial celebrations to mark 100 years of city status in 2005, it has 41 points of interest, ei…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)