Trevethin and Penygarn
WardNorth east Torfaen. About 5,342 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Trevethin and Penygarn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Trevethin and Penygarn compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Trevethin and Penygarn safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Trevethin and Penygarn at a rate of 111.8 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, 58 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Trevethin and Penygarn.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (254), other crime (114) and anti-social behaviour (92).
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 Trevethin and Penygarn alone. See Torfaen
Trevethin and Penygarn in brief
Trevethin and Penygarn had 5,307 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Trevethin and Penygarn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Trevethin and Penygarn, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Trevethin and Penygarn, 5.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.