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Fairwater North

Middle area

North west Cardiff. 7,302 people in 1.6 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by middle area

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In Fairwater North, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£235,500
Joint 2,362nd cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
6,641
3,716th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

Recorded crime in Fairwater North

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Fairwater North at a rate of 77.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 112.2 per 1,000 people across Cardiff.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences201
Other crime133
Anti-social behaviour105
Criminal damage and arson44
Shoplifting34
Vehicle crime22
Drug offences13
Burglary12
Robbery4
Theft from the person1

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Fairwater North compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Fairwater NorthMiddle
Median sale price48 middle areas, Cardiff · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Cardiff48 areas from £160,000 to £557,500. The middle area is £269,000. Fairwater North is £235,500.
£235,500joint 16th cheapest
Population48 middle areas, Cardiff · 2021
Population: every middle area in Cardiff48 areas from 5,697 to 12,253. The middle area is 7,156. Fairwater North is 6,641.
6,64118th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage48 middle areas, Cardiff · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Cardiff48 areas from 77.2% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.0%. Fairwater North is 99.7%.
99.7%3rd highest
Claimant rate48 middle areas, Cardiff · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Cardiff48 areas from 1.3% to 8.4%. The middle area is 3.3%. Fairwater North is 4.5%.
4.5%19th highest

Is Fairwater North safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Fairwater North at a rate of 77.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 112.2 per 1,000 people across Cardiff.

Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 45 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Fairwater North.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (201), other crime (133) and anti-social behaviour (105).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Cardiff

These figures are published for the whole of Cardiff, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Cardiff and not Fairwater North alone. See Cardiff

Average house price
£272,252
Up 2.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,946
121st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.4×
Joint 167th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
381,516
Down 0.1% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Fairwater North in brief

The median price paid for a home in Fairwater North was £235,500 in 2025.

Fairwater North had 6,641 usual residents at the census.

In Fairwater North, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Fairwater North, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.