Penylan Area Guide | £353k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

5,275

Households

White Brit. · 73%

Ethnicity

Christian · 42%

Religion

Least deprived 20⁠–⁠30%

Avg IMD Wales

109

Crimes · Sep '26

£352,500

Median property price · Penylan · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 118 sales

296

Postcodes

Sold prices in Penylan

England & Wales

Property sales · Penylan

HM Land Registry · Penylan

Average price

£388,166

Median price: £352,500

Median -19.2% vs prior 12 months

Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 118 sales

View district CF23

Recent sale price trend

Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 2 sales · avg £596,500

X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)

£597k£433k£270k

Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Sep '26

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Penylan

England & Wales

Crime trends · Penylan

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearOct '24 – Sep '26

Key categories · YoY

Violent Crime

24

YoY +26%

382817

Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

ASB

11

YoY +10%

15105

Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

Vehicle Crime

20

YoY +43%

23145

Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

Burglary

7

YoY —

18101

Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

Criminal damage

9

YoY -25%

1691

Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

Other recorded crime

38

YoY +19%

533925

Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · vehicle crime rising

109

incidents · Sep '26

Demographics in Penylan

Ethnicity

Total residents: 12,912

White Brit.72.8%

Other White4.8%

Pakistani4.4%

Indian2.4%

Chinese2.0%

+ 14 other groups · 13.6%

Religion

Total residents: 12,910

Christian41.9%

No religion38.8%

Muslim10.2%

Not answered5.9%

Hindu1.3%

+ 4 other religions · 2.0%

Age groups

Total residents: 12,911

35–4920.2%

50–6417.5%

25–3411.8%

65–7410.3%

10–156.9%

+ 6 other age groups · 33.3%

Households

Total households: 5,275

Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children17.9%

One person: other16.9%

One person: aged 66+14.4%

Single family household, all members 66+10.3%

Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.7%

+ 9 other households · 30.7%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Penylan

Area IMD profile

This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.

Least deprived 20–30%

Mean decile 8.17 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)

1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived

Overall this area reads as Least deprived 20–30% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 8.17 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Penylan

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Transport in Penylan

Nearest bus stop, Colchester Avenue, is about a minute’s walk from the centre

Bus · 81 m

Colchester Avenue
Bus
81 m
Waterloo Road
Bus
115 m
Colchester Avenue Top
Bus
160 m
Melrose Avenue
Bus
186 m
Southcourt Road
Bus
190 m

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Bus

Amenities in Cardiff

GPs make up most of the mapped places

69 GPs · 59 Museums · 21 Libraries · 162 in all

GPs69
Museums59
Libraries21
Hospitals8
Universities5

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

School applications

We've matched this area to Cardiff.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Last place offered

None of these schools has a published last distance, so we cannot compare this postcode with last year's places. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

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Admission appeals

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Schools in Penylan

Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.

Howardian Primary School

Cardiff · CF23 9NB

PrimaryStateAges 3–11

Marlborough Primary

Cardiff · CF23 5BS

PrimaryStateAges 3–11

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Edern

Cardiff · CF23 9DT

Secondary with sixth formStateAges 11–19

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School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.

Overview of Penylan

Coordinates51.4998, -3.1583

Postcodes

296

Census 2021

12,911

Households (Census)

5,275

Recorded crime · Sep '26

109

Postcode Districts in Penylan

Postcodes in Penylan

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