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NP26

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Caldicot, Undy and Magor, in Monmouthshire.

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 NP26 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In NP26, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£303,750
1,057th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
23,181
1,272nd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How NP26 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

NP26Middle
Median sale price18 postcode districts, NP · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in NP18 areas from £104,000 to £476,250. The middle area is £215,000. NP26 is £303,750.
£303,7507th most expensive
Population18 postcode districts, NP · 2021
Population: every postcode district in NP18 areas from 4,646 to 57,717. The middle area is 25,524. NP26 is 23,181.
23,1818th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage18 postcode districts, NP · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in NP18 areas from 38.0% to 96.7%. The middle area is 86.1%. NP26 is 91.2%.
91.2%7th highest
Claimant rate18 postcode districts, NP · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in NP18 areas from 1.7% to 5.7%. The middle area is 3.2%. NP26 is 2.1%.
2.1%3rd lowest

Is NP26 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NP26 at a rate of 72.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 181 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NP26.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (654), other crime (408) and anti-social behaviour (322).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NP26 was 67.9 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 NP26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NP26 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
  • 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 NP26

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Monmouthshire 009A2,12458.3 per 1,000878.1%
Monmouthshire 009B1,78042.2 per 1,0001099.9%
Monmouthshire 009C2,48542.4 per 1,000993.0%
Monmouthshire 010C1,17478.2 per 1,0004100.0%
Monmouthshire 010D1,61245.1 per 1,000999.2%
Monmouthshire 010E1,427183.9 per 1,000594.7%
Monmouthshire 010F1,67298.6 per 1,000495.5%
Monmouthshire 010G2,151116.3 per 1,000597.3%
Monmouthshire 011A1,61263.9 per 1,000985.7%
Monmouthshire 011B1,411110.8 per 1,000976.6%
Monmouthshire 011C1,33044.9 per 1,000989.3%
Monmouthshire 011D1,79075.1 per 1,000797.4%
Monmouthshire 011E1,59734.7 per 1,000995.3%
Newport 004B1,10746.9 per 1,000971.9%

MPs for NP26

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 NP263

Postcode sectors in NP264

Council1

Towns in NP261

Postcode districts next to NP263

Nearest rail stations2

More in the NP postcode area2

NP26 in brief

NP26 is a postcode district covering Caldicot, Undy and Magor, in Monmouthshire.

About 24,118 people lived in NP26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £303,750 in 2025 across 352 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in NP26 was £303,750 in 2025.

NP26 had 23,181 usual residents at the census.

In NP26, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In NP26, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.