Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Risca Primary School is the nearest published school at 574 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP1 6FR
Risca West · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Risca West
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
- Postcode district
- NP1
- Postcode sector
- NP1 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP1 6FR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP1
- Postcode sector
- NP1 6
- Latitude
- 51.613567
- Longitude
- -3.100462
- British National Grid easting
- 323,900
- British National Grid northing
- 191,100
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Risca West · W05001672
- Parish or community
- W04000914
- Westminster constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn · W07000105
- Output area
- W00007398
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 017A · W01001411
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 017 · W02000306
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
- 14
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 574 m
Risca Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 701 m
Pentwynmawr Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 716 m
Ty Sign Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,023
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 433
- Anti social behaviour 148
- Public order 116
- Criminal damage and arson 94
- Other theft 52
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
3
within 5 km straight-line
RISCA SURGERY
ST. MARY STREET, RISCA, NEWPORT, NP11 6YS
ODS code W93064
513 m
WELLSPRING MEDICAL CENTRE
PARK ROAD, RISCA, NEWPORT, NP11 6BJ
ODS code W93059
848 m
ST. LUKE'S SURGERY
ST LUKES SURGERY, (OFF GWYDDON ROAD), ABERCARN NEWBRIDGE, NEWPORT, NP11 5GX
ODS code W93001
4.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Belvedere Terrace
BCT · Fernlea
- 0.1 miles
Belvedere Terrace
BCT · Fernlea
- 0.1 miles
Top Club
BCT · Risca
- 0.1 miles
Top Club
BCT · Risca
- 0.1 miles
Darran Road
BCT · Fernlea
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,023 published events cover 12 months, averaging 85.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 433 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.