Maesteg East
Middle areaNorth Bridgend. 7,162 people in 6.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 39% of people in Maesteg East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Maesteg East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Maesteg East at a rate of 150.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.0 per 1,000 people across Bridgend.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 374 |
| Shoplifting | 210 |
| Other crime | 185 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 159 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 82 |
| Burglary | 26 |
| Vehicle crime | 22 |
| Drug offences | 10 |
| Robbery | 8 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Maesteg East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Maesteg East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Maesteg East at a rate of 150.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.0 per 1,000 people across Bridgend.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 114 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Maesteg East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (374), shoplifting (210) and other crime (185).
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 Bridgend
These figures are published for the whole of Bridgend, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bridgend and not Maesteg East alone. See Bridgend
Maesteg East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Maesteg East was £140,000 in 2025.
Maesteg East had 7,174 usual residents at the census.
About 39% of people in Maesteg East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Maesteg East, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.