Ebbw Vale South
WardNorth Blaenau Gwent. About 4,318 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 47% of people in Ebbw Vale South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Ebbw Vale South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Ebbw Vale South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ebbw Vale South at a rate of 262.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 149.1 per 1,000 people across Blaenau Gwent.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 88 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ebbw Vale South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (355), anti-social behaviour (285) and other crime (211).
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 ward, so they describe all of Blaenau Gwent and not Ebbw Vale South alone. See Blaenau Gwent
Ebbw Vale South in brief
Ebbw Vale South had 4,191 usual residents at the census.
About 47% of people in Ebbw Vale South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ebbw Vale South, 83.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Ebbw Vale South, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.