Risca
TownTown in Caerphilly, Wales.
Risca is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Risca 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 90% of people in Risca live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Risca compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Risca safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Risca at a rate of 107.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales.
In August 2026 alone, 156 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Risca.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (624), anti-social behaviour (376) and other crime (294).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Risca was 110.2 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 Risca, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Risca has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in Risca
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caerphilly 014D | 1,665 | 127.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% |
| Caerphilly 015A | 1,533 | 114.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.7% |
| Caerphilly 016A | 1,309 | 105.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.2% |
| Caerphilly 016B | 1,441 | 52.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Caerphilly 016C | 1,582 | 76.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Caerphilly 016D | 1,810 | 184.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Caerphilly 017A | 1,607 | 104.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.2% |
| Caerphilly 017B | 1,657 | 130.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.4% |
| Caerphilly 017C | 1,821 | 92.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.5% |
Your MP
- Ruth JonesLabourMP for Newport West and Islwyn
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Risca1
Middle areas in Risca2
Towns near Risca6
Risca in brief
Risca is a town in Caerphilly, Wales.
About 15,178 people lived in Risca in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 193 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 107.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Risca was £180,000 in 2025.
Risca had 15,194 usual residents at the census.
About 90% of people in Risca live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Risca, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.