CF39
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Porth, Tonyrefail and Birchgrove, in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
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 CF39 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CF39, 85.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CF39 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CF39 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CF39 at a rate of 85.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.0 per 1,000 people across CF.
In August 2026 alone, 299 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CF39.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,196), other crime (527) and anti-social behaviour (310).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CF39 was 92.2 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 CF39, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CF39 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in CF39
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgend 003A | 1,089 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.1% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 017B | 1,409 | 122.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.4% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 017C | 1,543 | 61.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 017D | 1,433 | 155.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 75.1% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 017E | 1,558 | 124.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 52.5% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 017F | 1,693 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.2% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 020A | 1,396 | 82.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 76.6% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 020B | 1,357 | 101.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.3% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 020C | 1,414 | 119.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 77.3% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 020D | 1,283 | 177.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 57.5% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 023A | 1,632 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.3% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 023B | 1,708 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.8% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 023E | 2,022 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.8% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 023F | 1,916 | 26.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.9% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 023G | 1,450 | 106.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.3% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 024A | 1,452 | 109.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 024B | 1,523 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.2% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 024C | 1,513 | 147.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.7% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 024D | 1,565 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
Your MP
- Chris BryantLabourMP for Rhondda and Ogmore
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CF394
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Council1
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Nearest rail stations4
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CF39 in brief
CF39 is a postcode district covering Porth, Tonyrefail and Birchgrove, in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
About 29,809 people lived in CF39 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £145,000 in 2025 across 346 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 85.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CF39 was £145,000 in 2025.
CF39 had 29,014 usual residents at the census.
In CF39, 85.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CF39, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.