Schools
26 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Markham Primary School is the nearest published school at 98 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP12 0QX
Argoed · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Argoed
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
- Postcode district
- NP12
- Postcode sector
- NP12 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP12 0QX
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP12
- Postcode sector
- NP12 0
- Latitude
- 51.703065
- Longitude
- -3.206189
- British National Grid easting
- 316,744
- British National Grid northing
- 201,169
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Argoed · W05001651
- Parish or community
- W04000727
- Westminster constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn · W07000105
- Output area
- W00006998
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 005A · W01001334
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 005 · W02000294
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
Explore NP12
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 26
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 98 m
Markham Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.7 km
Ysgol Bro Sannan
Welsh establishment
- 1.7 km
Aberbargoed Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 516
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 242
- Anti social behaviour 64
- Public order 47
- Criminal damage and arson 41
- Vehicle crime 28
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NP12 0 residents
- 8,302
Age bands in NP12 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.7%
1,513 residents
892 residents
2,098 residents
2,219 residents
1,650 residents
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 2024-04-08.
GP practices
8
within 5 km straight-line
MARKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
JAMES STREET, MARKHAM, BLACKWOOD, NP12 0QN
ODS code W93010
121 m
SOUTH STREET SURGERY
SOUTH STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SU
ODS code W95078
2.3 km
BRYNTIRION SURGERY
WEST STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SA
ODS code W95068
2.5 km
MEDDYGFA CWM RHYMNI PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE, WHITE ROSE WAY, NEW TREDEGAR, NP24 6EE
ODS code W95080
3.0 km
SUNNYBANK HEALTH CENTRE
BRYN ROAD, CEFN FFOREST, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3NA
ODS code W93014
3.7 km
SIX BELLS MEDICAL CENTRE
ABERBEEG MEDICAL CENTRE, THE SQUARE, ABERBEEG, ABERTILLERY, NP13 2AB
ODS code W93009
4.3 km
PENGAM HEALTH CENTRE
GLAN-YR-AFON LANE, FLEUR DE LIS, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3WA
ODS code W93614
4.3 km
CWM HEALTH CENTRE
CANNING STREET, CWM, EBBW VALE, NP23 7RW
ODS code W93619
4.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Bryn Road
BCT · Markham
- 0.1 miles
Bryn Road
BCT · Markham
- 0.1 miles
Markham Primary School
BCT · Markham
- 0.1 miles
Markham Primary School
BCT · Markham
- 0.2 miles
Institute
BCT · Markham
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
516 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 242 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.