# Cwmbrân Town in Torfaen, Wales. Cwmbrân is a town in Torfaen, Wales. Median sale price £211,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 136.7 per 1,000 people. About 48,534 people. Town. Code W45000502. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) Cwmbrân is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Cwmbrân add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £211,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Cwmbrân was £211,500 in 2025. 286th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/cwmbran#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 47,075** (2021). Cwmbrân had 47,075 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 236th most populated of 1,209. 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/town/cwmbran#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 94%** (2022). About 94% of people in Cwmbrân 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/town/cwmbran#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.4%** (January 2026). In Cwmbrân, 92.4% 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/town/cwmbran#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=W45000502) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 94% of people in Cwmbrân live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=W45000502) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 634 homes were sold in Cwmbrân in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=W45000502) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Cwmbrân. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=W45000502) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Cwmbrân had 47,075 usual residents at the census. ## How Cwmbrân compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Cwmbrân | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £211,500 | 24th most expensive | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 | | Population | 47,075 | 6th most populated | 76 towns, Wales · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 94% | joint 28th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 76 towns, Wales · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 92.4% | joint 32nd lowest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 | ## Is Cwmbrân safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cwmbrân at a rate of 136.7 per 1,000 people. That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales. In August 2026 alone, 627 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cwmbrân. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,250), other crime (1,241) and anti-social behaviour (1,225). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Cwmbrân was 130.9 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 Cwmbrân, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Cwmbrân has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods - Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 3 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 Cwmbrân | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Torfaen 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001519) | 1,283 | 235.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.9% | | [Torfaen 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001520) | 2,594 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.0% | | [Torfaen 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001521) | 1,422 | 133.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.3% | | [Torfaen 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001522) | 1,596 | 121.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% | | [Torfaen 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001537) | 1,169 | 70.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.5% | | [Torfaen 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001493) | 1,806 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.3% | | [Torfaen 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001494) | 1,544 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.6% | | [Torfaen 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001495) | 1,793 | 62.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.2% | | [Torfaen 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001507) | 1,936 | 131.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.4% | | [Torfaen 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001501) | 1,320 | 125.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% | | [Torfaen 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001503) | 1,239 | 136.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.9% | | [Torfaen 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001536) | 1,144 | 191.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.7% | | [Torfaen 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001538) | 1,329 | 122.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% | | [Torfaen 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001539) | 1,442 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% | | [Torfaen 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001506) | 1,518 | 1,084.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 72.3% | | [Torfaen 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001526) | 1,401 | 134.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% | | [Torfaen 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001527) | 1,179 | 176.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.9% | | [Torfaen 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001528) | 1,776 | 177.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.3% | | [Torfaen 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001532) | 1,772 | 165.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% | | [Torfaen 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001497) | 1,391 | 151.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.4% | | [Torfaen 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001498) | 1,244 | 109.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% | | [Torfaen 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001499) | 1,161 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.3% | | [Torfaen 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001500) | 1,244 | 12.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% | | [Torfaen 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001502) | 1,201 | 80.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% | | [Torfaen 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001492) | 2,438 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.0% | | [Torfaen 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001533) | 1,499 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.5% | | [Torfaen 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001534) | 1,404 | 59.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% | | [Torfaen 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001535) | 1,244 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% | | [Torfaen 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001504) | 2,323 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.4% | | [Torfaen 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001505) | 2,652 | 93.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.1% | | [Torfaen 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001508) | 1,179 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.2% | ## Your MP - [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/torfaen): Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) ## Postcode districts covering Cwmbrân [NP44](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np44) ## Middle areas in Cwmbrân [Croesyceiliog](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/croesyceiliog), [Cwmbran](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/cwmbran), [Fairwater & Greenmeadow](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/fairwater-and-greenmeadow), [Hollybush & Henllys](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/hollybush-and-henllys), [Llantarnam & Oakfield](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/llantarnam-and-oakfield), [Pontnewydd & Upper Cwmbran](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/pontnewydd-and-upper-cwmbran), [West Pontnewydd & Thornhill](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/west-pontnewydd-and-thornhill) ## Towns near Cwmbrân [Pontypool](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontypool), [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport), [Risca](https://openindex.co.uk/town/risca), [Rogerstone](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rogerstone), [Newbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newbridge), [Pontllanfraith](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontllanfraith) ## Cwmbrân in brief Cwmbrân is a town in Torfaen, Wales. About 48,534 people lived in Cwmbrân in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £211,500 in 2025 across 634 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 136.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Cwmbrân was £211,500 in 2025. Cwmbrân had 47,075 usual residents at the census. About 94% of people in Cwmbrân live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Cwmbrân, 92.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: W45000502 - Constituency: [Torfaen †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/torfaen) - Council: [Torfaen †](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) - Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales) - Area: 14.63 km² - People, mid-2024: 48,534* - Neighbourhoods: 31 - Output areas: 163 * 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Pontypool](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontypool), [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport), [Risca](https://openindex.co.uk/town/risca), [Rogerstone](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rogerstone), [Newbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newbridge), [Pontllanfraith](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontllanfraith) ## Latest updates for Cwmbrân - 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/W45000502 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/cwmbran, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/cwmbran#f-house-sales-median-price. 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