Blaengwrach and Glynneath West
WardNorth east Neath Port Talbot. About 3,159 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 33 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 48% of people in Blaengwrach and Glynneath West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Blaengwrach and Glynneath West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Blaengwrach and Glynneath West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Blaengwrach and Glynneath West at a rate of 80.5 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, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Blaengwrach and Glynneath West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (130), other crime (54) and anti-social behaviour (33).
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 ward, so they describe all of Neath Port Talbot and not Blaengwrach and Glynneath West alone. See Neath Port Talbot
Blaengwrach and Glynneath West in brief
Blaengwrach and Glynneath West had 3,139 usual residents at the census.
About 48% of people in Blaengwrach and Glynneath West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Blaengwrach and Glynneath West, 0.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Blaengwrach and Glynneath West, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.