Bedwas and Trethomas
WardSouth Caerphilly. About 6,702 people in 10 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Bedwas and Trethomas live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bedwas and Trethomas compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bedwas and Trethomas safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bedwas and Trethomas at a rate of 98.8 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, 67 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bedwas and Trethomas.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (286), other crime (138) and anti-social behaviour (126).
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 Bedwas and Trethomas alone. See Caerphilly
Bedwas and Trethomas in brief
Bedwas and Trethomas had 6,463 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Bedwas and Trethomas live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bedwas and Trethomas, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bedwas and Trethomas, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.