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Pentyrch and St Fagans

Ward

North west Cardiff. About 10,407 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 29 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 Pentyrch and St Fagans live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,099
Joint 2,889th 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
87.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Pentyrch and St Fagans compares

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

Pentyrch and St FagansMiddle
Population28 wards, Cardiff · 2021
Population: every ward in Cardiff28 areas from 7,094 to 21,823. The middle area is 11,920. Pentyrch and St Fagans is 9,099.
9,0995th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares28 wards, Cardiff · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Cardiff28 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 82.0%. Pentyrch and St Fagans is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage28 wards, Cardiff · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Cardiff28 areas from 80.7% to 99.6%. The middle area is 96.3%. Pentyrch and St Fagans is 87.2%.
87.2%3rd lowest
Claimant rate28 wards, Cardiff · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Cardiff28 areas from 1.2% to 6.9%. The middle area is 3.6%. Pentyrch and St Fagans is 1.9%.
1.9%8th lowest

Is Pentyrch and St Fagans safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Pentyrch and St Fagans at a rate of 49.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 112.2 per 1,000 people across Cardiff.

Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 37 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Pentyrch and St Fagans.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (214), other crime (145) and anti-social behaviour (54).

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 Cardiff

These figures are published for the whole of Cardiff, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cardiff and not Pentyrch and St Fagans alone. See Cardiff

Average house price
£272,443
Up 2.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,946
121st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.4×
Joint 168th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
381,516
Down 0.1% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Pentyrch and St Fagans in brief

Pentyrch and St Fagans had 9,099 usual residents at the census.

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

In Pentyrch and St Fagans, 87.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Pentyrch and St Fagans, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.