Pentre
Middle areaWest Rhondda Cynon Taf. 5,280 people in 5.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Pentre live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Pentre
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Pentre at a rate of 74.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.2 per 1,000 people across Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 177 |
| Other crime | 95 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 35 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 32 |
| Shoplifting | 18 |
| Vehicle crime | 14 |
| Burglary | 12 |
| Drug offences | 5 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Pentre compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Pentre safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Pentre at a rate of 74.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.2 per 1,000 people across Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 31 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Pentre.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (177), other crime (95) and anti-social behaviour (35).
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.
Figures for the whole of Rhondda Cynon Taf
These figures are published for the whole of Rhondda Cynon Taf, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Rhondda Cynon Taf and not Pentre alone. See Rhondda Cynon Taf
Pentre in brief
The median price paid for a home in Pentre was £127,000 in 2025.
Pentre had 5,300 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Pentre live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Pentre, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.