NP4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Pontypool, Abersychan and Blaenavon, in Torfaen.
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 NP4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NP4, 71.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NP4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NP4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NP4 at a rate of 112.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 487 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NP4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,946), other crime (984) and anti-social behaviour (949).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NP4 was 115.0 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 NP4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NP4 has no single figure. Of its 30 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in NP4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouthshire 006A | 1,132 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.2% |
| Monmouthshire 006B | 1,368 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 51.7% |
| Torfaen 001A | 1,669 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 5.3% |
| Torfaen 001B | 1,516 | 185.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Torfaen 001C | 1,434 | 201.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 6.6% |
| Torfaen 001D | 1,400 | 119.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 9.3% |
| Torfaen 002A | 1,247 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.9% |
| Torfaen 002B | 1,446 | 124.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 79.1% |
| Torfaen 002C | 1,631 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 29.3% |
| Torfaen 002D | 1,254 | 171.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.1% |
| Torfaen 002E | 1,465 | 90.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 59.9% |
| Torfaen 003A | 1,842 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| Torfaen 003B | 2,036 | 120.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.5% |
| Torfaen 003C | 1,792 | 156.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Torfaen 003D | 1,673 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.0% |
| Torfaen 004A | 1,701 | 110.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| Torfaen 004B | 1,466 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.6% |
| Torfaen 004C | 1,422 | 94.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.8% |
| Torfaen 004D | 1,855 | 367.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 52.6% |
| Torfaen 004E | 1,269 | 108.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.5% |
| Torfaen 004F | 1,157 | 87.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.9% |
| Torfaen 005A | 1,597 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.8% |
| Torfaen 005B | 1,538 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.1% |
| Torfaen 005C | 1,294 | 12.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| Torfaen 005D | 1,466 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 71.2% |
| Torfaen 006A | 1,079 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Torfaen 006B | 1,393 | 229.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.7% |
| Torfaen 006C | 1,435 | 143.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| Torfaen 006D | 2,441 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| Torfaen 006E | 1,132 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
MPs for NP4
- Nick Thomas-SymondsLabourMP for Torfaen93% of NP4’s postcodes
- Catherine FookesLabourMP for Monmouthshire6.9% of NP4’s postcodes
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 NP46
Postcode sectors in NP47
Council1
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Nearest rail stations1
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NP4 in brief
NP4 is a postcode district covering Pontypool, Abersychan and Blaenavon, in Torfaen.
About 45,170 people lived in NP4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £182,500 in 2025 across 507 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 112.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NP4 was £182,500 in 2025.
NP4 had 44,879 usual residents at the census.
In NP4, 71.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NP4, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.