# CF32

Postcode district covering Sarn, in Bridgend.

CF32 is a postcode district covering Sarn, in Bridgend. Median sale price £180,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 70.8 per 1,000 people. About 31,787 people.

Postcode district. Code CF32. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [CF](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CF32 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £180,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CF32 was £180,000 in 2025. Joint 239th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf32#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 31,422** (2021). CF32 had 31,422 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 840th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf32#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 97%** (2022). About 97% of people in CF32 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf32#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 87.1%** (January 2026). In CF32, 87.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf32#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=CF32) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 97% of people in CF32 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=CF32) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 405 homes were sold in CF32 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=CF32) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for CF32.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=CF32) (Census 2021, England and Wales): CF32 had 31,422 usual residents at the census.

## How CF32 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | CF32 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £180,000 | 15th cheapest | 35 postcode districts, CF · 2025 |
| Population | 31,422 | 13th most populated | 35 postcode districts, CF · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 97% | joint 16th most people in radon Affected Areas | 35 postcode districts, CF · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 87.1% | 11th lowest | 35 postcode districts, CF · Jan 2026 |

## Is CF32 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CF32 at a rate of 70.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.0 per 1,000 people across the CF postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 233 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CF32.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,103), other crime (463) and anti-social behaviour (288).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CF32 was 69.3 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in CF32, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CF32 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

## Neighbourhoods in CF32

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bridgend 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01000977) | 1,420 | 79.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.4% |
| [Bridgend 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001024) | 1,143 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.6% |
| [Bridgend 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001025) | 1,230 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Bridgend 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001033) | 1,755 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| [Bridgend 003F](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001034) | 1,345 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.0% |
| [Bridgend 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01000975) | 2,241 | 90.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.6% |
| [Bridgend 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01000978) | 1,778 | 51.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.9% |
| [Bridgend 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001009) | 1,245 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 53.7% |
| [Bridgend 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001042) | 1,263 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.2% |
| [Bridgend 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001043) | 1,161 | 74.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| [Bridgend 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01000974) | 2,384 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.0% |
| [Bridgend 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001057) | 1,736 | 142.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| [Bridgend 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001058) | 1,885 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [Bridgend 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01000986) | 1,686 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.0% |
| [Bridgend 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01000987) | 2,437 | 88.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [Bridgend 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001055) | 1,198 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Bridgend 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001056) | 1,178 | 139.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| [Bridgend 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01000996) | 1,530 | 46.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 3.0% |
| [Bridgend 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01000989) | 1,568 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 64.4% |
| [Vale of Glamorgan 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/neighbourhood/w01001127) | 1,637 | 51.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.0% |

## Your MP

- [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bridgend): Chris Elmore (Labour), MP since July 2024. 50% of the people here.
- [Rhondda and Ogmore](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rhondda-and-ogmore): Chris Bryant (Labour), MP since July 2024. 43% of the people here.
- [Vale of Glamorgan](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/vale-of-glamorgan): Kanishka Narayan (Labour), MP since July 2024. 7.4% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in CF32

[Blaengarw, Pontycymer & Bettws](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/blaengarw-pontycymer-and-bettws), [Nant-y-moel, Ogmore Vale & Blackmill](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/nant-y-moel-ogmore-vale-and-blackmill), [Ogmore-by-Sea & Llandow](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan/ogmore-by-sea-and-llandow), [Sarn, Bryn-coch & Bryncethin](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/sarn-bryn-coch-and-bryncethin), [Ynysawdre & Aberkenfig](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/ynysawdre-and-aberkenfig)

## Postcode sectors in CF32

[CF32 0 (167 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf32-0), [CF32 7 (145 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf32-7), [CF32 8 (203 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf32-8), [CF32 9 (285 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf32-9)

## Council

[Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend)

## Towns in CF32

[Sarn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sarn)

## Postcode districts next to CF32

[CF31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf31), [CF33](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf33), [CF34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf34), [CF35](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf35), [CF36](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf36), [CF39](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf39), [CF40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf40), [CF41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf41), [CF42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf42), [CF71](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf71), [SA13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa13)

## Nearest rail stations

[Garth (Bridgend County) (5.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-3.6414,51.5965)

## More in the CF postcode area

[All CF postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## CF32 in brief

CF32 is a postcode district covering Sarn, in Bridgend.
About 31,787 people lived in CF32 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 405 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 70.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CF32 was £180,000 in 2025.
CF32 had 31,422 usual residents at the census.
About 97% of people in CF32 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CF32, 87.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: CF32
- Postcode area: [CF](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf)
- Constituency: [Bridgend †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bridgend)
- Council: [Bridgend †](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend)
- Area: 128 km²
- People, mid-2024: 31,787*
- Neighbourhoods: 20
- Output areas: 101

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[CF35](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf35), [CF34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf34), [CF31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf31), [CF71](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf71), [SA13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa13), [CF36](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf36)

## Latest updates for CF32

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/CF32

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf32, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf32#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf32