Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Y.G. Cwm Gwyddon is the nearest published school at 762 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP1 5AJ
Abercarn · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Abercarn
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
- Postcode district
- NP1
- Postcode sector
- NP1 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP1 5AJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP1
- Postcode sector
- NP1 5
- Latitude
- 51.641118
- Longitude
- -3.134368
- British National Grid easting
- 321,600
- British National Grid northing
- 194,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Abercarn · W05001650
- Parish or community
- W04000725
- Westminster constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn · W07000105
- Output area
- W00006962
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 014A · W01001327
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 014 · W02000303
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
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Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 762 m
Y.G. Cwm Gwyddon
Welsh establishment
- 790 m
Cwmcarn Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.6 km
Abercarn Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 427
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 173
- Anti social behaviour 71
- Criminal damage and arson 53
- Public order 38
- Vehicle crime 28
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version not available.
GP practices
6
within 5 km
ST. LUKE'S SURGERY
ST LUKES SURGERY, (OFF GWYDDON ROAD), ABERCARN NEWBRIDGE, NEWPORT, NP11 5GX
ODS code W93001
785 m
RISCA SURGERY
ST. MARY STREET, RISCA, NEWPORT, NP11 6YS
ODS code W93064
3.4 km
NORTH CELYNEN PRACTICE
CROWN STREET, CRUMLIN, NEWPORT, NP11 4PQ
ODS code W93067
4.1 km
BLACKWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
AVICENNA MEDICAL CENTRE, PONTLLANFRAITH BLACKWOOD, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93011
4.1 km
PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTIC, PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE, BLACKWOOD ROAD, PONTLLANFRAITH, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93012
4.1 km
WELLSPRING MEDICAL CENTRE
PARK ROAD, RISCA, NEWPORT, NP11 6BJ
ODS code W93059
4.7 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Old Swan Inn
BCT · Cwmcarn
- 0.1 miles
Old Swan Inn
BCT · Cwmcarn
- 0.2 miles
Cwmcarn School
BCT · Cwmcarn
- 0.3 miles
Bypass
BCT · Cwmcarn
- 0.3 miles
Edwardsville
BCT · Cwmcarn
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
427 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 173 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.