CF63
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Barry, Cadoxton and Palmerstown, in Vale of Glamorgan.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CF63 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CF63, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CF63 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CF63 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CF63 at a rate of 133.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.0 per 1,000 people across the CF postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 271 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CF63.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,148), other crime (673) and anti-social behaviour (330).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CF63 was 137.0 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in CF63, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CF63 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in CF63
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vale of Glamorgan 007A | 1,739 | 111.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 009A | 1,390 | 102.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 009B | 1,647 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.7% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 009C | 1,043 | 188.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 009D | 1,477 | 94.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.9% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 009E | 2,721 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 012B | 1,564 | 130.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 012C | 1,566 | 174.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 012E | 1,510 | 96.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 012F | 1,581 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 012G | 1,677 | 307.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.5% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 012H | 1,146 | 72.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Vale of Glamorgan 015E | 2,089 | 175.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.7% |
MPs for CF63
- Kanishka NarayanLabourMP for Vale of Glamorgan99% of CF63’s postcodes
- Stephen DoughtyLabour (Co-op)MP for Cardiff South and Penarth0.6% of CF63’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CF632
Postcode sectors in CF635
Council1
Towns in CF631
Postcode districts next to CF633
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CF postcode area2
CF63 in brief
CF63 is a postcode district covering Barry, Cadoxton and Palmerstown, in Vale of Glamorgan.
About 22,443 people lived in CF63 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £195,000 in 2025 across 310 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 133.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CF63 was £195,000 in 2025.
CF63 had 21,677 usual residents at the census.
In CF63, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CF63, 5.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.