Caerphilly West
Middle areaSouth Caerphilly. 7,500 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 9% of people in Caerphilly West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Caerphilly West
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Caerphilly West at a rate of 105.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.3 per 1,000 people across Caerphilly.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 293 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 171 |
| Other crime | 152 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 61 |
| Vehicle crime | 53 |
| Drug offences | 25 |
| Burglary | 17 |
| Shoplifting | 12 |
| Robbery | 8 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Caerphilly West compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Caerphilly West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Caerphilly West at a rate of 105.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.3 per 1,000 people across Caerphilly.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Caerphilly West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (293), anti-social behaviour (171) and other crime (152).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Caerphilly
These figures are published for the whole of Caerphilly, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Caerphilly and not Caerphilly West alone. See Caerphilly
Caerphilly West in brief
The median price paid for a home in Caerphilly West was £265,000 in 2025.
Caerphilly West had 7,231 usual residents at the census.
About 9% of people in Caerphilly West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Caerphilly West, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.