Aberbargoed and Bargoed
WardNorth west Caerphilly. About 10,078 people in 6.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Aberbargoed and Bargoed live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Aberbargoed and Bargoed compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Aberbargoed and Bargoed safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Aberbargoed and Bargoed at a rate of 130.9 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, 136 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Aberbargoed and Bargoed.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (551), other crime (239) and anti-social behaviour (212).
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 ward, so they describe all of Caerphilly and not Aberbargoed and Bargoed alone. See Caerphilly
Aberbargoed and Bargoed in brief
Aberbargoed and Bargoed had 9,864 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Aberbargoed and Bargoed live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Aberbargoed and Bargoed, 91.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Aberbargoed and Bargoed, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.