# NP23

Postcode district covering Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr, in Blaenau Gwent.

NP23 is a postcode district covering Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr, in Blaenau Gwent. Median sale price £150,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 145.1 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code NP23. 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 NP23 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £150,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in NP23 was £150,000 in 2025. Joint 106th 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/np23#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 32,076** (2021). NP23 had 32,076 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 805th 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/np23#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 23%** (2022). About 23% of people in NP23 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/np23#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 85.8%** (January 2026). In NP23, 85.8% 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/np23#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=NP23) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 23% of people in NP23 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=NP23) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 375 homes were sold in NP23 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=NP23) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for NP23.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=NP23) (Census 2021, England and Wales): NP23 had 32,076 usual residents at the census.

## How NP23 compares

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

| Measure | NP23 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £150,000 | 4th cheapest | 18 postcode districts, NP · 2025 |
| Population | 32,076 | 7th most populated | 18 postcode districts, NP · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 23% | fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 18 postcode districts, NP · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 85.8% | 9th lowest | 18 postcode districts, NP · Jan 2026 |

## Is NP23 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NP23 at a rate of 145.1 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 412 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NP23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,560), anti-social behaviour (1,056) and other crime (833).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NP23 was 138.3 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 NP23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NP23 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in NP23

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Blaenau Gwent 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001440) | 1,343 | 106.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.1% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001441) | 1,175 | 158.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001442) | 1,093 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.3% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001470) | 1,404 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.8% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001471) | 1,609 | 164.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.4% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001446) | 1,231 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.3% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001447) | 1,481 | 114.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001448) | 1,164 | 310.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.0% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001449) | 1,373 | 152.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.8% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001438) | 1,478 | 178.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.2% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001439) | 1,606 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.4% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001456) | 1,266 | 153.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.8% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001457) | 1,791 | 136.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001458) | 1,645 | 113.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001467) | 1,901 | 199.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.9% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001468) | 1,327 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.3% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 005F](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001469) | 1,316 | 118.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 6.7% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001450) | 1,216 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.9% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001451) | 1,292 | 104.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 77.4% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001452) | 1,432 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 65.1% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001459) | 1,207 | 163.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001460) | 1,726 | 321.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.4% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001461) | 1,261 | 268.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.0% |

## Your MP

- [Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blaenau-gwent-and-rhymney): Nick Smith (Labour), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [Monmouthshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/monmouthshire): Catherine Fookes (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.1% 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 NP23

[Bryn-mawr](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/bryn-mawr), [Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/ebbw-vale-north-and-glyncoed), [Ebbw Vale South & Cwm](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/ebbw-vale-south-and-cwm), [Rassau & Beaufort](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/rassau-and-beaufort)

## Postcode sectors in NP23

[NP23 4 (271 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23-4), [NP23 5 (271 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23-5), [NP23 6 (242 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23-6), [NP23 7 (56 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23-7), [NP23 8 (23 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23-8), [NP23 9 (20 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in NP23

[Ebbw Vale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ebbw-vale)

## Postcode districts next to NP23

[NP4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np4), [NP7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np7), [NP8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np8), [NP11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np11), [NP12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np12), [NP13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np13), [NP22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np22)

## Nearest rail stations

[Ebbw Vale Town (1.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-3.2026,51.7767), [Ebbw Vale Parkway (3.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-3.1961,51.7571)

## 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)

## NP23 in brief

NP23 is a postcode district covering Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr, in Blaenau Gwent.
About 32,882 people lived in NP23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £150,000 in 2025 across 375 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 145.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NP23 was £150,000 in 2025.
NP23 had 32,076 usual residents at the census.
About 23% of people in NP23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NP23, 85.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: NP23
- 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: 42.93 km²
- People, mid-2024: 32,882*
- Neighbourhoods: 23
- Output areas: 111

* 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

[NP13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np13), [NP22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np22), [NP8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np8), [NP12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np12), [NP7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np7), [NP4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np4)

## Latest updates for NP23

- 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/NP23

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23