Schools
37 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni is the nearest published school at 651 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP12 1SL
Blackwood · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Blackwood
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
- Postcode district
- NP12
- Postcode sector
- NP12 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP12 1SL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP12
- Postcode sector
- NP12 1
- Latitude
- 51.661151
- Longitude
- -3.206593
- British National Grid easting
- 316,639
- British National Grid northing
- 196,508
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Blackwood · W05001653
- Parish or community
- W04000730
- Westminster constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn · W07000105
- Output area
- W00007067
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 009B · W01001349
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 009 · W02000298
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
- 37
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 651 m
Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni
Welsh establishment
- 695 m
Blackwood Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 715 m
Penllwyn Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,508
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 957
- Anti social behaviour 335
- Criminal damage and arson 298
- Public order 256
- Vehicle crime 156
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NP12 1 residents
- 7,922
Age bands in NP12 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.4%
1,229 residents
886 residents
1,810 residents
2,365 residents
1,812 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 50%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 50%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 50%
- Gigabit-capable
- 50%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 50%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
10
within 5 km
SUNNYBANK HEALTH CENTRE
BRYN ROAD, CEFN FFOREST, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3NA
ODS code W93014
950 m
BLACKWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
AVICENNA MEDICAL CENTRE, PONTLLANFRAITH BLACKWOOD, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93011
1.3 km
PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTIC, PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE, BLACKWOOD ROAD, PONTLLANFRAITH, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93012
1.3 km
PENGAM HEALTH CENTRE
GLAN-YR-AFON LANE, FLEUR DE LIS, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3WA
ODS code W93614
1.4 km
OAKFIELD SURGERY
OAKFIELD STREET, YSTRAD MYNACH, HENGOED, CF82 7WX
ODS code W95065
2.9 km
MEDDYGFA GELLIGAER SURGERY
HEOL HEN YSGOL, GELLIGAER, HENGOED, CF82 8FQ
ODS code W95050
3.0 km
BRYNTIRION SURGERY
WEST STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SA
ODS code W95068
3.5 km
SOUTH STREET SURGERY
SOUTH STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SU
ODS code W95078
3.7 km
MARKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
JAMES STREET, MARKHAM, BLACKWOOD, NP12 0QN
ODS code W93010
4.5 km
NORTH CELYNEN PRACTICE
CROWN STREET, CRUMLIN, NEWPORT, NP11 4PQ
ODS code W93067
5.0 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
- 0.0 miles
Nursing Home
BCT · Highfields
- 0.0 miles
Nursing Home
BCT · Highfields
- 0.1 miles
Bryn Derw
BCT · Highfields
- 0.1 miles
Rhys Road
BCT · Blackwood
- 0.1 miles
Rhys Road
BCT · Blackwood
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,508 published events cover 12 months, averaging 209 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 957 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.