Ferndale and Maerdy
WardWest Rhondda Cynon Taf. About 7,281 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 14 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Ferndale and Maerdy live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Ferndale and Maerdy compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Ferndale and Maerdy safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ferndale and Maerdy at a rate of 83.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.2 per 1,000 people across Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ferndale and Maerdy.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (264), other crime (130) and anti-social behaviour (65).
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 Rhondda Cynon Taf
These figures are published for the whole of Rhondda Cynon Taf, not for each ward, so they describe all of Rhondda Cynon Taf and not Ferndale and Maerdy alone. See Rhondda Cynon Taf
Ferndale and Maerdy in brief
Ferndale and Maerdy had 7,144 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Ferndale and Maerdy live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ferndale and Maerdy, 12.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Ferndale and Maerdy, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.