Bedlinog and Trelewis
WardSouth east Merthyr Tydfil. About 3,765 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 15 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 89% of people in Bedlinog and Trelewis live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bedlinog and Trelewis compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bedlinog and Trelewis safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bedlinog and Trelewis at a rate of 64.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 110.6 per 1,000 people across Merthyr Tydfil.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 32 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bedlinog and Trelewis.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (109), other crime (52) and anti-social behaviour (35).
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 Merthyr Tydfil
These figures are published for the whole of Merthyr Tydfil, not for each ward, so they describe all of Merthyr Tydfil and not Bedlinog and Trelewis alone. See Merthyr Tydfil
Bedlinog and Trelewis in brief
Bedlinog and Trelewis had 3,771 usual residents at the census.
About 89% of people in Bedlinog and Trelewis live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bedlinog and Trelewis, 77.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bedlinog and Trelewis, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.