Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Y.G. Cwm Gwyddon is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP12 2BF
Abercarn · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Abercarn
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
- Postcode district
- NP12
- Postcode sector
- NP12 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP12 2BF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 1999
- Terminated
- 1 September 2000
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP12
- Postcode sector
- NP12 2
- Latitude
- 51.643561
- Longitude
- -3.160443
- British National Grid easting
- 319,800
- British National Grid northing
- 194,500
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
- W00009924
- 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
Explore NP12
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 2.0 km
Y.G. Cwm Gwyddon
Welsh establishment
- 2.2 km
Pontllanfraith Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.3 km
Abercarn Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 44
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 16
- Anti social behaviour 8
- Criminal damage and arson 8
- Public order 7
- Other crime 2
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NP12 2 residents
- 9,379
Age bands in NP12 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.5%
1,512 residents
977 residents
2,226 residents
2,348 residents
1,937 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
6
within 5 km straight-line
ST. LUKE'S SURGERY
ST LUKES SURGERY, (OFF GWYDDON ROAD), ABERCARN NEWBRIDGE, NEWPORT, NP11 5GX
ODS code W93001
2.0 km
BLACKWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
AVICENNA MEDICAL CENTRE, PONTLLANFRAITH BLACKWOOD, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93011
2.4 km
PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTIC, PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE, BLACKWOOD ROAD, PONTLLANFRAITH, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93012
2.4 km
NORTH CELYNEN PRACTICE
CROWN STREET, CRUMLIN, NEWPORT, NP11 4PQ
ODS code W93067
4.0 km
SUNNYBANK HEALTH CENTRE
BRYN ROAD, CEFN FFOREST, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3NA
ODS code W93014
4.4 km
RISCA SURGERY
ST. MARY STREET, RISCA, NEWPORT, NP11 6YS
ODS code W93064
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 1.0 miles
Highland Crescent
BCT · Springfield
- 1.1 miles
Maes Gwyn
BCT · Pentwynmawr
- 1.1 miles
Three Horseshoes
BCT · Pentwynmawr
- 1.1 miles
White Hart Lane
BCT · Pentwynmawr
- 1.1 miles
Three Horseshoes
BCT · Pentwynmawr
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
44 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 16 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.