Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera
WardNorth Neath Port Talbot. About 3,864 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 16 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 63% of people in Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera at a rate of 67.8 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, 18 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (129), other crime (59) and anti-social behaviour (30).
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 Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera alone. See Neath Port Talbot
Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera in brief
Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera had 3,891 usual residents at the census.
About 63% of people in Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera, 64.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.