# Neath

Town in Neath Port Talbot, Wales.

Neath is a town in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Median sale price £180,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 90.2 per 1,000 people. About 40,787 people.

Town. Code W45000476. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot)

Neath is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Neath 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: £180,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Neath was £180,000 in 2025. Joint 139th 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/neath#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 40,738** (2021). Neath had 40,738 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 272nd 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/neath#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 98%** (2022). About 98% of people in Neath 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/neath#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.7%** (January 2026). In Neath, 95.7% 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/neath#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=W45000476) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 98% of people in Neath 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=W45000476) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 592 homes were sold in Neath in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=W45000476) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Neath.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=W45000476) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Neath had 40,738 usual residents at the census.

## How Neath compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Neath | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £180,000 | joint 29th cheapest | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 |
| Population | 40,738 | 9th most populated | 76 towns, Wales · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 98% | joint 33rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 76 towns, Wales · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.7% | joint 18th highest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 |

## Is Neath safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Neath at a rate of 90.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales.
In August 2026 alone, 280 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Neath.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,664), other crime (825) and anti-social behaviour (480).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Neath was 87.8 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 Neath, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Neath has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 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 Neath

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Neath Port Talbot 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000904) | 1,472 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000905) | 1,496 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000908) | 1,582 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01001985) | 2,051 | 16.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000907) | 1,721 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000922) | 1,583 | 88.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.0% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01001986) | 2,426 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.9% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000934) | 1,251 | 140.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.5% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000935) | 1,552 | 131.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000938) | 1,388 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000939) | 1,150 | 676.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 78.3% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000940) | 1,263 | 93.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000909) | 1,176 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000910) | 1,370 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.6% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000911) | 1,146 | 16.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000912) | 1,204 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000913) | 1,157 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000914) | 1,657 | 82.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000915) | 1,120 | 80.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000916) | 1,175 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.5% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 010G](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01001987) | 1,512 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 010H](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01001988) | 1,481 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.5% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000936) | 1,377 | 95.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.7% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000941) | 1,550 | 130.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000942) | 1,784 | 80.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000943) | 1,471 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| [Neath Port Talbot 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000937) | 1,943 | 112.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.2% |

## Your MP

- [Neath and Swansea East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/neath-and-swansea-east): Carolyn Harris (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

[Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot)

## Postcode districts covering Neath

[SA10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa10), [SA11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa11)

## Middle areas in Neath

[Cadoxton & Bryn-coch](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/cadoxton-and-bryn-coch), [Cimla](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/cimla), [Neath Abbey](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neath-abbey), [Neath South](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neath-south), [Neath Town](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neath-town), [Skewen & Jersey Marine](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/skewen-and-jersey-marine)

## Towns near Neath

[Baglan](https://openindex.co.uk/town/baglan), [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swansea), [Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/town/port-talbot), [Clydach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clydach), [Ystalyfera](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ystalyfera), [Maesteg](https://openindex.co.uk/town/maesteg)

## Neath in brief

Neath is a town in Neath Port Talbot, Wales.
About 40,787 people lived in Neath in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 592 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 90.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Neath was £180,000 in 2025.
Neath had 40,738 usual residents at the census.
About 98% of people in Neath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Neath, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: W45000476
- Constituency: [Neath and Swansea East †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/neath-and-swansea-east)
- Council: [Neath Port Talbot †](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot)
- Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales)
- Area: 11.94 km²
- People, mid-2024: 40,787*
- Neighbourhoods: 27
- Output areas: 145

* 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

[Baglan](https://openindex.co.uk/town/baglan), [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swansea), [Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/town/port-talbot), [Clydach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clydach), [Ystalyfera](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ystalyfera), [Maesteg](https://openindex.co.uk/town/maesteg)

## Latest updates for Neath

- 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/W45000476

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/neath, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/neath#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/neath