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Blaenau Gwent 003A

Neighbourhood

North west Blaenau Gwent. 1,324 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.2 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

In the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, Blaenau Gwent 003A is in decile 8.

Median sale price
£200,000
Joint 6,525th cheapest of 31,750
Worked out by Open Index
Population
1,374
Joint 17,104th least populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Blaenau Gwent 003A compares

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

Blaenau Gwent 003AMiddle
Median sale price38 neighbourhoods, Blaenau Gwent · 2025
Median sale price: every neighbourhood in Blaenau Gwent38 areas from £101,500 to £260,000. The middle area is £140,500. Blaenau Gwent 003A is £200,000.
£200,000joint 8th most expensive
Population46 neighbourhoods, Blaenau Gwent · 2021
Population: every neighbourhood in Blaenau Gwent46 areas from 1,093 to 2,261. The middle area is 1,414. Blaenau Gwent 003A is 1,374.
1,37422nd least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage46 neighbourhoods, Blaenau Gwent · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every neighbourhood in Blaenau Gwent46 areas from 6.7% to 99.8%. The middle area is 87.3%. Blaenau Gwent 003A is 90.5%.
90.5%18th highest
Claimant rate46 neighbourhoods, Blaenau Gwent · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every neighbourhood in Blaenau Gwent46 areas from 2.0% to 8.1%. The middle area is 3.7%. Blaenau Gwent 003A is 2.5%.
2.5%6th lowest

Is Blaenau Gwent 003A safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Blaenau Gwent 003A at a rate of 85.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 152.7 per 1,000 people across Sirhowy.

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

In August 2026 alone, 6 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Blaenau Gwent 003A.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (30), anti-social behaviour (27) and other crime (26).

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 Blaenau Gwent

These figures are published for the whole of Blaenau Gwent, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Blaenau Gwent and not Blaenau Gwent 003A alone. See Blaenau Gwent

Average house price
£143,243
Up 2.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,797
55th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.1×
Joint 10th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
67,593
Down 0.2% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Blaenau Gwent 003A in brief

The median price paid for a home in Blaenau Gwent 003A was £200,000 in 2025.

Blaenau Gwent 003A had 1,374 usual residents at the census.

In Blaenau Gwent 003A, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Blaenau Gwent 003A, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.