# SA8 Postcode district covering Pontardawe, Alltwen and Rhos, in Neath Port Talbot. SA8 is a postcode district covering Pontardawe, Alltwen and Rhos, in Neath Port Talbot. Median sale price £210,000 in 2025. Postcode district. Code SA8. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa) 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 SA8 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population) ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £210,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SA8 was £210,000 in 2025. Joint 447th 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/sa8#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 13,332** (2021). SA8 had 13,332 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 916th least 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/sa8#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in SA8 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/sa8#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 87.6%** (January 2026). In SA8, 87.6% 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/sa8#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SA8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in SA8 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=SA8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 176 homes were sold in SA8 in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SA8) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SA8. - [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SA8) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SA8 had 13,332 usual residents at the census. ## How SA8 compares Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers. | Measure | SA8 | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £210,000 | joint 22nd cheapest | 49 postcode districts, SA · 2025 | | Population | 13,332 | 20th most populated | 52 postcode districts, SA · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 52 postcode districts, SA · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 87.6% | 13th highest | 52 postcode districts, SA · Jan 2026 | ## Is SA8 safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA8 at a rate of 61.2 per 1,000 people. That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across the SA postcode area. In August 2026 alone, 85 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA8. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (389), other crime (178) and anti-social behaviour (95). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA8 was 65.5 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 SA8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA8 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales. ## Neighbourhoods in SA8 | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Neath Port Talbot 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000888) | 2,721 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.8% | | [Neath Port Talbot 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000946) | 1,784 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.0% | | [Neath Port Talbot 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000947) | 2,179 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.9% | | [Neath Port Talbot 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000948) | 1,809 | 130.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.3% | | [Neath Port Talbot 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000955) | 1,374 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.9% | | [Neath Port Talbot 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000956) | 1,186 | 18.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.4% | | [Neath Port Talbot 004G](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000971) | 1,401 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.8% | ## Your MP - [Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/brecon-radnor-and-cwm-tawe): David Chadwick (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 98% of the people here. - [Neath and Swansea East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/neath-and-swansea-east): Carolyn Harris (Labour), MP since July 2024. 1.6% of the people here. - [Gower](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/gower): Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.7% 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 SA8 [Pontardawe](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/pontardawe) ## Postcode sectors in SA8 [SA8 3 (108 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa8-3), [SA8 4 (194 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa8-4), [SA8 9 (4 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa8-9) ## Council [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) ## Towns in SA8 [Clydach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clydach) ## Postcode districts next to SA8 [SA6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa6), [SA9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa9), [SA10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa10), [SA18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa18) ## More in the SA postcode area [All SA postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) ## SA8 in brief SA8 is a postcode district covering Pontardawe, Alltwen and Rhos, in Neath Port Talbot. About 13,258 people lived in SA8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £210,000 in 2025 across 176 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in SA8 was £210,000 in 2025. SA8 had 13,332 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in SA8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In SA8, 87.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Postcode district - Code: SA8 - Postcode area: [SA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa) - Constituency: [Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/brecon-radnor-and-cwm-tawe) - Council: [Neath Port Talbot †](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) - Area: 52.36 km² - People, mid-2024: 13,258* - Neighbourhoods: 7 - Output areas: 41 * 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 [SA6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa6), [SA9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa9), [SA10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa10), [SA18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa18) ## Latest updates for SA8 - 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/SA8 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa8, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa8#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/sa8