# Ebbw Vale Town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. Ebbw Vale is a town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. Median sale price £155,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 149.6 per 1,000 people. About 20,077 people. Town. Code W45000352. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) Ebbw Vale is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Ebbw Vale 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: £155,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Ebbw Vale was £155,000 in 2025. Joint 66th 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/ebbw-vale#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 19,635** (2021). Ebbw Vale had 19,635 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 556th 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/ebbw-vale#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 17%** (2022). About 17% of people in Ebbw Vale 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/ebbw-vale#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.1%** (January 2026). In Ebbw Vale, 90.1% 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/ebbw-vale#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=W45000352) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 17% of people in Ebbw Vale 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=W45000352) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 246 homes were sold in Ebbw Vale in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=W45000352) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Ebbw Vale. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=W45000352) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Ebbw Vale had 19,635 usual residents at the census. ## How Ebbw Vale compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Ebbw Vale | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £155,000 | joint 14th cheapest | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 | | Population | 19,635 | 19th most populated | 76 towns, Wales · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 17% | 2nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 76 towns, Wales · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.1% | 23rd lowest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 | ## Is Ebbw Vale safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ebbw Vale at a rate of 149.6 per 1,000 people. That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales. In August 2026 alone, 229 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ebbw Vale. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (968), anti-social behaviour (645) and other crime (550). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Ebbw Vale was 151.5 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 Ebbw Vale, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Ebbw Vale has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales. ## Neighbourhoods in Ebbw Vale | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Blaenau Gwent 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001440) | 1,343 | 106.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.1% | | [Blaenau Gwent 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001441) | 1,175 | 158.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% | | [Blaenau Gwent 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001442) | 1,093 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.3% | | [Blaenau Gwent 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001470) | 1,404 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.8% | | [Blaenau Gwent 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001471) | 1,609 | 164.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.4% | | [Blaenau Gwent 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001438) | 1,478 | 178.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.2% | | [Blaenau Gwent 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001439) | 1,606 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.4% | | [Blaenau Gwent 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001456) | 1,266 | 153.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.8% | | [Blaenau Gwent 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001457) | 1,791 | 136.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% | | [Blaenau Gwent 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001458) | 1,645 | 113.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% | | [Blaenau Gwent 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001452) | 1,432 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 65.1% | | [Blaenau Gwent 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001459) | 1,207 | 163.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% | | [Blaenau Gwent 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001460) | 1,726 | 321.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.4% | | [Blaenau Gwent 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001461) | 1,261 | 268.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.0% | ## Your MP - [Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blaenau-gwent-and-rhymney): Nick Smith (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 [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) ## Postcode districts covering Ebbw Vale [NP23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np23) ## Middle areas in Ebbw Vale [Ebbw Vale North & Glyncoed](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/ebbw-vale-north-and-glyncoed), [Ebbw Vale South & Cwm](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/ebbw-vale-south-and-cwm), [Rassau & Beaufort](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/rassau-and-beaufort) ## Towns near Ebbw Vale [Tredegar](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tredegar), [Abertillery](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abertillery), [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/town/merthyr-tydfil), [Bargod](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bargod), [Blackwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blackwood), [Newbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newbridge) ## Ebbw Vale in brief Ebbw Vale is a town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. About 20,077 people lived in Ebbw Vale in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £155,000 in 2025 across 246 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 149.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Ebbw Vale was £155,000 in 2025. Ebbw Vale had 19,635 usual residents at the census. About 17% of people in Ebbw Vale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Ebbw Vale, 90.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: W45000352 - Constituency: [Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blaenau-gwent-and-rhymney) - Council: [Blaenau Gwent †](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) - Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales) - Area: 6.98 km² - People, mid-2024: 20,077* - Neighbourhoods: 14 - Output areas: 67 * 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 [Tredegar](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tredegar), [Abertillery](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abertillery), [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/town/merthyr-tydfil), [Bargod](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bargod), [Blackwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blackwood), [Newbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newbridge) ## Latest updates for Ebbw Vale - 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/W45000352 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/ebbw-vale, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/ebbw-vale#f-house-sales-median-price. 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