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St Fagans

St Fagans is a village in South Glamorgan, Wales, with a population of around 3,000. It has around 5 restaurants or cafés, 1 bus stop, and Fairwater railway station is 3.7 km away. There were around 27 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 St Fagans 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

19°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 12° · 28% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:39

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

33 reported · July 2026 18% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences10
  • Public order8
  • Other theft4
  • 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

147 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 115 rated 4–5 ★ (89 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Fairwater (3.7 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Fairwater (3.6 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 (9.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (9.4 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

58 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Extra-Culverhouse Cross (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Sports pitches14
  • Playgrounds4

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

Council control

Labour majority

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens55
  • Restaurants & cafés6

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 West:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Tudor Trader House · 0.7 km

    The Tudor Trader House is a 16th-century house originally constructed at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and now relocated at St Fagans National History Museum, Cardiff.

  • St Teilo's Church, Llandeilo Tal-y-bont · 0.8 km

    St Teilo's Church is a historic building originally located at Llandeilo Tal-y-Bont near Pontarddulais and now reconstructed at St Fagans National History Museum in Cardiff, Wales.

  • Melin Bompren · 0.8 km

    Melin Bompren is a water-powered corn mill, originally located at Cross Inn, Cardiganshire, Wales, but now at the St Fagans National History Museum, Cardiff.

  • Hendre'r-ywydd Uchaf Farmhouse · 0.8 km

    Hendre'r Ywydd Uchaf is an early 16th-century cruck house, originally constructed near Llangynhafal, Denbighshire, and now located at St Fagans National History Museum in Cardiff, Wales. One of the interior wooden bea…

  • Drope · 0.8 km

    Drope is a hamlet in the valley of the River Ely in Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, just beyond the territorial border of western Cardiff. It lies immediately east from Michaelston-super-Ely, west of Ely, Cardiff…

  • Denbigh Cockpit · 0.8 km

    Denbigh Cockpit is a reconstructed building at St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The cockpit formerly stood in the yard of the Hawk and Buckle Inn at Vale Street, Denbigh, and is t…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

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