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Dinas Powis

Dinas Powis is a village in South Glamorgan, Wales, with a population of around 1. It has around 2 schools, 1 GP surgery or clinic, 2 pharmacies, and 9 restaurants and cafés, with 8 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Dinas Powys, 0.4 km away. There were around 31 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Dinas Powis area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Vale of Glamorgan area is less deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 131,938 residents at roughly 398 people per km².

Council
Vale of Glamorgan
County
South Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales

Weather

8°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 51% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:39

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

48 reported · August 2026▲ 12% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences26
  • Public order9
  • Vehicle crime4
  • Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Dinas Powys · South Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Vehicle crime

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

Road safety

102 reported road collisions (2025)

17 killed or seriously injured · 146 casualties · 7.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

277 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 221 rated 4–5 ★ (180 top)
  • 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Dinas Powys (0.4 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Dinas Powys (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£300,358 average▲ 3.2% YoY

Across Vale of Glamorgan · to 2026-08

Detached£533,889
Semi-detached£315,604
Terraced£245,422
Flat£154,906

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£982 average monthly rent▲ 2.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £726
  • 2 bed £888
  • 3 bed £997

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (5.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (5.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

78 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Penarth (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches43
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

131,938 residents in Vale of Glamorgan · 398/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,481
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,071
  • Net moves+410

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Wales

4% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 13% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 62,380)

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

Your MP

Stephen Doughty

Labour (Co-op)

Cardiff South and Penarth

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Independent coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£791 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,733 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 63,534 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 91% · Wind 9%

358 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in CF64

  • Vog Lhb
  • Vale Clinic
  • Albert Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

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

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Dinas Powys F.C. · 0.1 km

    Dinas Powys F.C. is a Welsh football club that plays in the South Wales Premier League Championship Division. They are based in Dinas Powys, near Cardiff, in South Wales. They have an academy with over 100 players.

  • Dinas Powys · 0.1 km

    Dinas Powys is a town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It lies 5.6 miles (9.0 km) south-west of the centre of Cardiff, making it a popular dormitory village for city commuters; it neighbours the la…

  • Dinas Powys railway station · 0.4 km

    Dinas Powys is one of two railway stations that serve the village of Dinas Powys, in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales; the other is Eastbrook. It lies on the Barry branch of the Valley Lines network, 4+1⁄2 miles (7…

  • Eastbrook railway station · 0.8 km

    Eastbrook railway station is a railway station serving the Eastbrook area of Dinas Powys, a village near Cardiff, South Wales. It is located on Network Rail's Barry Branch 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) south of Cardiff Central…

  • Dinas Powys hillfort · 1.3 km

    The Dinas Powys hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort near Dinas Powys, Glamorgan, Wales. It is just one of several thousand hillforts to have been constructed around Great Britain during the British Iron Age, for reasons…

  • St Cyres School · 1.5 km

    St Cyres School is an 11–18 mixed, English-medium, community secondary school and sixth form in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It was established in 1958.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Dinas Powis?
Dinas Powis is a town in South Glamorgan, Wales, in the Vale of Glamorgan local authority.
How deprived is Dinas Powis?
The Vale of Glamorgan local authority, which includes Dinas Powis, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.