Dwyrain Porthmadog
WardCentral Gwynedd. About 1,757 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Dwyrain Porthmadog live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Dwyrain Porthmadog compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dwyrain Porthmadog safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dwyrain Porthmadog at a rate of 115.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.8 per 1,000 people across Gwynedd.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dwyrain Porthmadog.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (75), anti-social behaviour (45) and other crime (40).
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 Gwynedd
These figures are published for the whole of Gwynedd, not for each ward, so they describe all of Gwynedd and not Dwyrain Porthmadog alone. See Gwynedd
Dwyrain Porthmadog in brief
Dwyrain Porthmadog had 1,731 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Dwyrain Porthmadog live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Dwyrain Porthmadog, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Dwyrain Porthmadog, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.