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St Martins

Ward

South Caerphilly. About 8,492 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 7.0 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in St Martins live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,491
Joint 3,153rd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How St Martins compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

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Population31 wards, Caerphilly · 2021
Population: every ward in Caerphilly31 areas from 1,997 to 12,217. The middle area is 5,486. St Martins is 8,491.
8,4913rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares31 wards, Caerphilly · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Caerphilly31 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 95.0%. St Martins is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage31 wards, Caerphilly · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Caerphilly31 areas from 42.6% to 98.8%. The middle area is 93.3%. St Martins is 92.6%.
92.6%joint 11th lowest
Claimant rate31 wards, Caerphilly · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Caerphilly31 areas from 1.8% to 5.6%. The middle area is 3.5%. St Martins is 2.2%.
2.2%2nd lowest

Is St Martins safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Martins at a rate of 135.6 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, 95 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Martins.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (375), anti-social behaviour (209) and other crime (205).

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 St Martins alone. See Caerphilly

Average house price
£197,542
Up 4.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,367
78th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.6×
Joint 65th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
176,078
Down 0.1% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
St Martins in brief

St Martins had 8,491 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in St Martins live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In St Martins, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St Martins, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.