Bargod
TownTown in Caerphilly, Wales.
Bargod is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bargod add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Gigabit coverage by town
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Bargod, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Bargod compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bargod safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bargod at a rate of 122.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales.
In August 2026 alone, 100 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bargod.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (415), other crime (182) and anti-social behaviour (171).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Bargod was 123.7 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 Bargod, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Bargod has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in Bargod
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caerphilly 003C | 1,995 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% |
| Caerphilly 004A | 1,419 | 116.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.0% |
| Caerphilly 004B | 1,446 | 99.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| Caerphilly 004C | 1,734 | 181.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.9% |
| Caerphilly 004D | 1,441 | 143.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.6% |
Your MP
- Nick SmithLabourMP for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Bargod1
Middle areas in Bargod1
Towns near Bargod6
Bargod in brief
Bargod is a town in Caerphilly, Wales.
About 8,099 people lived in Bargod in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £145,000 in 2025 across 92 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 122.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Bargod was £145,000 in 2025.
Bargod had 8,034 usual residents at the census.
In Bargod, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bargod, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.