Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood
WardWest Torfaen. About 3,793 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood at a rate of 109.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 125.1 per 1,000 people across Torfaen.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (141), other crime (77) and anti-social behaviour (58).
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 Torfaen
These figures are published for the whole of Torfaen, not for each ward, so they describe all of Torfaen and not Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood alone. See Torfaen
Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood in brief
Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood had 3,790 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.