Glynneath
Middle areaNorth east Neath Port Talbot. 5,323 people in 41 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 63% of people in Glynneath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Glynneath
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Glynneath at a rate of 69.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.3 per 1,000 people across Neath Port Talbot.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 180 |
| Other crime | 72 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 40 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 28 |
| Burglary | 16 |
| Vehicle crime | 14 |
| Shoplifting | 9 |
| Drug offences | 6 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Glynneath compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Glynneath safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Glynneath at a rate of 69.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.3 per 1,000 people across Neath Port Talbot.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 44 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Glynneath.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (180), other crime (72) and anti-social behaviour (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 Neath Port Talbot
These figures are published for the whole of Neath Port Talbot, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Neath Port Talbot and not Glynneath alone. See Neath Port Talbot
Glynneath in brief
The median price paid for a home in Glynneath was £147,000 in 2025.
Glynneath had 5,284 usual residents at the census.
About 63% of people in Glynneath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Glynneath, 0.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.