Bryn and Cwmavon
WardSouth Neath Port Talbot. About 6,501 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 23 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 46% of people in Bryn and Cwmavon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bryn and Cwmavon compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bryn and Cwmavon safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bryn and Cwmavon at a rate of 49.2 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, 35 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bryn and Cwmavon.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (147), anti-social behaviour (63) and other crime (62).
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 Bryn and Cwmavon alone. See Neath Port Talbot
Bryn and Cwmavon in brief
Bryn and Cwmavon had 6,579 usual residents at the census.
About 46% of people in Bryn and Cwmavon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bryn and Cwmavon, 87.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bryn and Cwmavon, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.