Whitchurch and Tongwynlais
WardNorth Cardiff. About 16,187 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 8.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 64% of people in Whitchurch and Tongwynlais live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Whitchurch and Tongwynlais compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Whitchurch and Tongwynlais safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Whitchurch and Tongwynlais at a rate of 72.3 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, 113 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Whitchurch and Tongwynlais.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (377), other crime (224) and anti-social behaviour (176).
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 Whitchurch and Tongwynlais alone. See Cardiff
Whitchurch and Tongwynlais in brief
Whitchurch and Tongwynlais had 15,807 usual residents at the census.
About 64% of people in Whitchurch and Tongwynlais live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Whitchurch and Tongwynlais, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Whitchurch and Tongwynlais, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.