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Garw Valley

Ward

North east Bridgend. About 7,768 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 31 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Garw Valley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,682
Joint 3,581st most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
85.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Garw Valley compares

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

Garw ValleyMiddle
Population28 wards, Bridgend · 2021
Population: every ward in Bridgend28 areas from 2,301 to 11,249. The middle area is 4,128. Garw Valley is 7,682.
7,6827th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares28 wards, Bridgend · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Bridgend28 areas from 10.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Garw Valley is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage28 wards, Bridgend · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Bridgend28 areas from 78.2% to 100.0%. The middle area is 95.3%. Garw Valley is 85.9%.
85.9%4th lowest
Claimant rate28 wards, Bridgend · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Bridgend28 areas from 0.7% to 4.6%. The middle area is 3.0%. Garw Valley is 3.4%.
3.4%joint 9th highest

Is Garw Valley safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Garw Valley at a rate of 62.8 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, 54 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Garw Valley.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (268), other crime (114) and anti-social behaviour (50).

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 ward, so they describe all of Bridgend and not Garw Valley alone. See Bridgend

Average house price
£209,569
Up 3.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,002
124th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.7×
Joint 72nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
146,986
Down 0.1% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Garw Valley in brief

Garw Valley had 7,682 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Garw Valley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Garw Valley, 85.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Garw Valley, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.