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Pentyrch

Pentyrch is a village in South Glamorgan, Wales, with a population of around 2,287. The area has one school, one pharmacy, and one restaurant and café, with one bus stop and the nearest railway station being Taffs Well, 2.6 km away. There were around 7 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 Pentyrch 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 West
Police force
South Wales

Weather

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 19° / 12° · 37% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:37

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

3US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Caerphilly White Street, United Kingdom

Crime

21 reported · July 2026 133% YoY

  • Public order6
  • Violence & sexual offences6
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Pentyrch and St. Fagans · South Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Road Safety & Speeding
  • Anti-Social Behaviour

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

65 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 54 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Taffs Well (2.6 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Taffs Well (2.7 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: 153.9p · BP (5.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (8.9 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

35 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Moto Cardiff West Services (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches10
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

Your MP

Mr Alex Barros-Curtis

Labour

Cardiff West

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

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

15,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised · £33,575 avg

e.g. Learning Support Worker, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Pentyrch – Flexible Schedule, Assistant Headteacher

Source: Adzuna

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

Grid electricity

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Gas 24% · Solar 10% · Nuclear 6%

96 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

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 West:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Pentyrch · 0.1 km

    Pentyrch is a village and community located on the western outskirts of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The village gives its name to a Cardiff local authority electoral ward, Pentyrch, which covers the village an…

  • Parc-y-Dwrlyn Ground · 0.5 km

    Parc-y-Dwrlyn Ground is a cricket ground in Pentyrch, Glamorgan. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1993, when Glamorgan played Northamptonshire in a List-A match in the 1993 AXA Equity and Law League.

  • Llwynda-Ddu Camp · 1.2 km

    Llwynda-Ddu Camp, also known as Llwynda-Ddu Hillfort, is a small Iron Age earthwork in Pentyrch, Cardiff in South Wales. The site is a scheduled monument, described as a prehistoric, defensive hillfort.

  • Craig-y-parc House · 1.3 km

    Craig-y-parc House is a country house in Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales. Dating from 1914 to 1918, it was built for Thomas Evans, a colliery owner, by Charles Edward Mallows. The house reputedly cost £100,000. Craig-y-parc…

  • Garth Hill · 1.5 km

    Garth Hill is a hill located in between the communities of Llantwit Fardre and Pentyrch in Wales. The Garth can be seen from nearly the whole of the city of Cardiff and the Taff Valley, and on a sunny, clear day as fa…

  • Creigiau railway station · 1.9 km

    Creigiau railway station was a railway station in Creigiau in south Wales. It was on the Barry Railway between Efail Isaf and Wenvoe, which ran broadly north–south through Creigiau. To the east of the station, a secon…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Pentyrch?
Pentyrch is a town in South Glamorgan, Wales, in the Cardiff local authority.
What is the population of Pentyrch?
Pentyrch has an approximate settlement population of 2,287.
How deprived is Pentyrch?
The Cardiff local authority, which includes Pentyrch, is more deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.