# Bargod

Town in Caerphilly, Wales.

Bargod is a town in Caerphilly, Wales. Median sale price £145,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 122.6 per 1,000 people. About 8,099 people.

Town. Code W45000461. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly)

Bargod is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bargod add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £145,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Bargod was £145,000 in 2025. Joint 34th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bargod#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 8,034** (2021). Bargod had 8,034 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 61st least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bargod#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Bargod live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bargod#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.7%** (January 2026). In Bargod, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bargod#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=W45000461) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Bargod live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=W45000461) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 92 homes were sold in Bargod in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=W45000461) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Bargod.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=W45000461) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Bargod had 8,034 usual residents at the census.

## How Bargod compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Bargod | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £145,000 | joint 9th cheapest | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 |
| Population | 8,034 | 8th least populated | 76 towns, Wales · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 76 towns, Wales · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.7% | 30th lowest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 |

## Is Bargod safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bargod at a rate of 122.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales.
In August 2026 alone, 100 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bargod.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (415), other crime (182) and anti-social behaviour (171).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Bargod was 123.7 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Bargod, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Bargod has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

## Neighbourhoods in Bargod

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Caerphilly 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly/neighbourhood/w01001362) | 1,995 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% |
| [Caerphilly 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly/neighbourhood/w01001336) | 1,419 | 116.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.0% |
| [Caerphilly 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly/neighbourhood/w01001337) | 1,446 | 99.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| [Caerphilly 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly/neighbourhood/w01001338) | 1,734 | 181.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.9% |
| [Caerphilly 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly/neighbourhood/w01001339) | 1,441 | 143.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.6% |

## Your MP

- [Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blaenau-gwent-and-rhymney): Nick Smith (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly)

## Postcode districts covering Bargod

[CF81](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf81)

## Middle areas in Bargod

[Bargoed](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly/bargoed)

## Towns near Bargod

[Blackwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blackwood), [Ystrad Mynach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ystrad-mynach), [Pontllanfraith](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontllanfraith), [Newbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newbridge), [Tredegar](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tredegar), [Ebbw Vale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ebbw-vale)

## Bargod in brief

Bargod is a town in Caerphilly, Wales.
About 8,099 people lived in Bargod in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £145,000 in 2025 across 92 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 122.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Bargod was £145,000 in 2025.
Bargod had 8,034 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Bargod live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bargod, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: W45000461
- Constituency: [Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blaenau-gwent-and-rhymney)
- Council: [Caerphilly †](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly)
- Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales)
- Area: 1.61 km²
- People, mid-2024: 8,099*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 28

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Blackwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blackwood), [Ystrad Mynach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ystrad-mynach), [Pontllanfraith](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontllanfraith), [Newbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newbridge), [Tredegar](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tredegar), [Ebbw Vale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ebbw-vale)

## Latest updates for Bargod

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/W45000461

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/bargod, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/bargod#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/bargod