CF71 7TE Area Guide - Crime, Schools & Is It a Good Place to Live?

CF71 7TE is a postcode in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, Wales. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near CF71 7TE, then scores the surrounding small area 64/100 - top 30% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around CF71 7TE are health and local prosperity, while property market signals is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for CF71 7TE is based on Vale of Glamorgan 003 Census 2021. It covers 8,008 residents, 74 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 48, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 85% owner-occupied, 9% privately rented, 6% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official Wales neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 9/10.

For property prices near CF71 7TE, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the CF71 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £400k from 114 rolling sales. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near CF71 7TE by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

LocaleIQ checks available planning, HMO and roadworks feeds near CF71 7TE; no local change records are currently listed inside this report radius.