Merthyr Tydfil 004B
NeighbourhoodWest Merthyr Tydfil. 1,707 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
In the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, Merthyr Tydfil 004B is in decile 4.
How Merthyr Tydfil 004B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Merthyr Tydfil 004B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Merthyr Tydfil 004B at a rate of 349.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 312.0 per 1,000 people across Gelli-deg & Town.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 49 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Merthyr Tydfil 004B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (163), anti-social behaviour (115) and shoplifting (113).
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 Merthyr Tydfil
These figures are published for the whole of Merthyr Tydfil, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Merthyr Tydfil and not Merthyr Tydfil 004B alone. See Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil 004B in brief
The median price paid for a home in Merthyr Tydfil 004B was £185,000 in 2025.
Merthyr Tydfil 004B had 1,681 usual residents at the census.
In Merthyr Tydfil 004B, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Merthyr Tydfil 004B, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.