# NP4

Postcode district covering Pontypool, Abersychan and Blaenavon, in Torfaen.

NP4 is a postcode district covering Pontypool, Abersychan and Blaenavon, in Torfaen. Median sale price £182,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 112.2 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code NP4. 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 NP4 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £182,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in NP4 was £182,500 in 2025. Joint 267th 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/np4#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 44,879** (2021). NP4 had 44,879 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 312th 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/np4#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 98%** (2022). About 98% of people in NP4 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/np4#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 71.8%** (January 2026). In NP4, 71.8% 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/np4#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=NP4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 98% of people in NP4 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=NP4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 507 homes were sold in NP4 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=NP4) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for NP4.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=NP4) (Census 2021, England and Wales): NP4 had 44,879 usual residents at the census.

## How NP4 compares

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

| Measure | NP4 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £182,500 | 6th cheapest | 18 postcode districts, NP · 2025 |
| Population | 44,879 | 4th most populated | 18 postcode districts, NP · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 98% | joint 5th most people in radon Affected Areas | 18 postcode districts, NP · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 71.8% | 5th lowest | 18 postcode districts, NP · Jan 2026 |

## 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

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

## Neighbourhoods in NP4

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Monmouthshire 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/monmouthshire/neighbourhood/w01001555) | 1,132 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.2% |
| [Monmouthshire 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/monmouthshire/neighbourhood/w01001556) | 1,368 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 51.7% |
| [Torfaen 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001487) | 1,669 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 5.3% |
| [Torfaen 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001488) | 1,516 | 185.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 0.0% |
| [Torfaen 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001489) | 1,434 | 201.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 6.6% |
| [Torfaen 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001490) | 1,400 | 119.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 9.3% |
| [Torfaen 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001482) | 1,247 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.9% |
| [Torfaen 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001483) | 1,446 | 124.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 79.1% |
| [Torfaen 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001484) | 1,631 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 29.3% |
| [Torfaen 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001485) | 1,254 | 171.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.1% |
| [Torfaen 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001486) | 1,465 | 90.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 59.9% |
| [Torfaen 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001525) | 1,842 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| [Torfaen 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001529) | 2,036 | 120.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.5% |
| [Torfaen 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001530) | 1,792 | 156.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| [Torfaen 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001531) | 1,673 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.0% |
| [Torfaen 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001491) | 1,701 | 110.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| [Torfaen 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001496) | 1,466 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.6% |
| [Torfaen 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001523) | 1,422 | 94.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.8% |
| [Torfaen 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001524) | 1,855 | 367.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 52.6% |
| [Torfaen 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001540) | 1,269 | 108.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.5% |
| [Torfaen 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001541) | 1,157 | 87.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.9% |
| [Torfaen 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001510) | 1,597 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.8% |
| [Torfaen 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001511) | 1,538 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.1% |
| [Torfaen 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001512) | 1,294 | 12.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| [Torfaen 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001513) | 1,466 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 71.2% |
| [Torfaen 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001514) | 1,079 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Torfaen 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001515) | 1,393 | 229.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.7% |
| [Torfaen 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001516) | 1,435 | 143.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| [Torfaen 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001517) | 2,441 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| [Torfaen 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001518) | 1,132 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/torfaen): Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour), MP since July 2024. 93% of the people here.
- [Monmouthshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/monmouthshire): Catherine Fookes (Labour), MP since July 2024. 6.9% 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 NP4

[Abersychan](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/abersychan), [Blaenavon](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/blaenavon), [Griffithstown & Sebastopol](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/griffithstown-and-sebastopol), [New Inn](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/new-inn), [Pontypool](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/pontypool), [Trefethin & Pen-y-garn](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/trefethin-and-pen-y-garn)

## Postcode sectors in NP4

[NP4 0 (197 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np4-0), [NP4 4 (15 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np4-4), [NP4 5 (197 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np4-5), [NP4 6 (282 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np4-6), [NP4 7 (239 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np4-7), [NP4 8 (232 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np4-8), [NP4 9 (209 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np4-9)

## Council

[Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen)

## Towns in NP4

[Pontypool](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontypool)

## Postcode districts next to NP4

[NP7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np7), [NP11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np11), [NP13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np13), [NP15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np15), [NP23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23), [NP44](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np44)

## Nearest rail stations

[Pontypool and New Inn (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-3.0142,51.6980)

## 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)

## 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.
About 98% of people in NP4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NP4, 71.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: NP4
- Postcode area: [NP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np)
- Constituency: [Torfaen †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/torfaen)
- Council: [Torfaen †](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen)
- Area: 96.54 km²
- People, mid-2024: 45,170*
- Neighbourhoods: 30
- Output areas: 152

* 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

[NP7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np7), [NP15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np15), [NP13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np13), [NP44](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np44), [NP11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np11), [NP23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23)

## Latest updates for NP4

- 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/NP4

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np4, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np4#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np4