Cefn Fforest and Pengam
WardCentral Caerphilly. About 7,401 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 91% of people in Cefn Fforest and Pengam live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Cefn Fforest and Pengam compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Cefn Fforest and Pengam safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cefn Fforest and Pengam at a rate of 119.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.3 per 1,000 people across Caerphilly.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 94 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cefn Fforest and Pengam.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (336), other crime (177) and anti-social behaviour (134).
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 Caerphilly
These figures are published for the whole of Caerphilly, not for each ward, so they describe all of Caerphilly and not Cefn Fforest and Pengam alone. See Caerphilly
Cefn Fforest and Pengam in brief
Cefn Fforest and Pengam had 7,395 usual residents at the census.
About 91% of people in Cefn Fforest and Pengam live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Cefn Fforest and Pengam, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Cefn Fforest and Pengam, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.