# NP22

Postcode district covering Tredegar, Rhymney and Georgetown, in Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly.

NP22 is a postcode district covering Tredegar, Rhymney and Georgetown, in Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly. Median sale price £140,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code NP22. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [NP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np)

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 NP22 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £140,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in NP22 was £140,000 in 2025. Joint 73rd 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/np22#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 21,463** (2021). NP22 had 21,463 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,372nd 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/np22#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 48%** (2022). About 48% of people in NP22 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/np22#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.1%** (January 2026). In NP22, 90.1% 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/np22#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=NP22) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 48% of people in NP22 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=NP22) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 238 homes were sold in NP22 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=NP22) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for NP22.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=NP22) (Census 2021, England and Wales): NP22 had 21,463 usual residents at the census.

## How NP22 compares

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

| Measure | NP22 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £140,000 | 3rd cheapest | 18 postcode districts, NP · 2025 |
| Population | 21,463 | 7th least populated | 18 postcode districts, NP · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 48% | 3rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 18 postcode districts, NP · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.1% | 8th highest | 18 postcode districts, NP · Jan 2026 |

## Is NP22 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NP22 at a rate of 174.8 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 367 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NP22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,251), anti-social behaviour (756) and other crime (729).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NP22 was 162.6 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 NP22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NP22 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in NP22

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Blaenau Gwent 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001472) | 1,374 | 85.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.5% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001473) | 1,269 | 144.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.7% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001474) | 1,424 | 203.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.0% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001475) | 1,127 | 184.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001480) | 1,466 | 145.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001462) | 1,816 | 102.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.4% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001463) | 1,789 | 84.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001478) | 1,366 | 163.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.2% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001479) | 1,476 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.4% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001481) | 1,633 | 548.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 65.5% |
| [Caerphilly 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly/neighbourhood/w01001374) | 1,424 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| [Caerphilly 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly/neighbourhood/w01001375) | 1,478 | 221.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.0% |
| [Caerphilly 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly/neighbourhood/w01001376) | 1,424 | 156.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.9% |
| [Caerphilly 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly/neighbourhood/w01001428) | 1,233 | 196.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Caerphilly 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly/neighbourhood/w01001429) | 1,155 | 154.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.0% |

## Your MP

- [Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blaenau-gwent-and-rhymney): Nick Smith (Labour), MP since July 2024.

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

## Middle areas in NP22

[Rhymney, Pontlottyn & Abertysswg](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly/rhymney-pontlottyn-and-abertysswg), [Sirhowy](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/sirhowy), [Tredegar & Georgetown](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/tredegar-and-georgetown)

## Postcode sectors in NP22

[NP22 3 (208 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np22-3), [NP22 4 (207 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np22-4), [NP22 5 (183 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np22-5), [NP22 9 (1 postcode)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np22-9)

## Councils NP22 covers

[Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent), [Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly)

## Towns in NP22

[Tredegar](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tredegar)

## Postcode districts next to NP22

[CF47](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf47), [CF48](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf48), [CF81](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf81), [NP8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np8), [NP12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np12), [NP23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23), [NP24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np24)

## Nearest rail stations

[Rhymney (2.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-3.2893,51.7588), [Pontlottyn (4.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-3.2790,51.7466), [Ebbw Vale Town (5.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-3.2026,51.7767)

## More in the NP postcode area

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

## NP22 in brief

NP22 is a postcode district covering Tredegar, Rhymney and Georgetown, in Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly.
About 21,363 people lived in NP22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £140,000 in 2025 across 238 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 174.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NP22 was £140,000 in 2025.
NP22 had 21,463 usual residents at the census.
About 48% of people in NP22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NP22, 90.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: NP22
- Postcode area: [NP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np)
- Constituency: [Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blaenau-gwent-and-rhymney)
- Council: [Blaenau Gwent †](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent)
- Area: 50.83 km²
- People, mid-2024: 21,363*
- Neighbourhoods: 15
- Output areas: 80

* 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

[NP23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23), [CF81](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf81), [NP8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np8), [NP24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np24), [NP12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np12), [CF48](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf48)

## Latest updates for NP22

- 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/NP22

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np22, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np22#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np22