Pencoed and Penprysg
WardEast Bridgend. About 9,957 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 24 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 94% of people in Pencoed and Penprysg live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Pencoed and Penprysg compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Pencoed and Penprysg safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Pencoed and Penprysg at a rate of 59.4 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, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Pencoed and Penprysg.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (273), other crime (138) and anti-social behaviour (77).
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 Pencoed and Penprysg alone. See Bridgend
Pencoed and Penprysg in brief
Pencoed and Penprysg had 10,013 usual residents at the census.
About 94% of people in Pencoed and Penprysg live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Pencoed and Penprysg, 95.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Pencoed and Penprysg, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.