# Pencoed

Town in Bridgend, Wales.

Pencoed is a town in Bridgend, Wales. Median sale price £221,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 62.4 per 1,000 people. About 9,068 people.

Town. Code W45000587. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend)

Pencoed is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Pencoed 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: £221,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Pencoed was £221,000 in 2025. 335th 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/pencoed#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 9,119** (2021). Pencoed had 9,119 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 166th least 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/pencoed#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 96%** (2022). About 96% of people in Pencoed 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/pencoed#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.9%** (January 2026). In Pencoed, 96.9% 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/pencoed#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=W45000587) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 96% of people in Pencoed 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=W45000587) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 128 homes were sold in Pencoed in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=W45000587) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Pencoed.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=W45000587) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Pencoed had 9,119 usual residents at the census.

## How Pencoed compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Pencoed | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £221,000 | 22nd most expensive | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 |
| Population | 9,119 | 16th least populated | 76 towns, Wales · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 96% | 31st fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 76 towns, Wales · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.9% | joint 9th highest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 |

## Is Pencoed safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Pencoed at a rate of 62.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales.
In August 2026 alone, 59 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Pencoed.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (261), other crime (133) and anti-social behaviour (75).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Pencoed was 64.7 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 Pencoed, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Pencoed has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

## Neighbourhoods in Pencoed

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bridgend 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001004) | 1,038 | 179.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.1% |
| [Bridgend 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001005) | 1,586 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.5% |
| [Bridgend 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001006) | 2,235 | 20.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.5% |
| [Bridgend 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001007) | 1,876 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| [Bridgend 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001039) | 1,722 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% |
| [Bridgend 009F](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/neighbourhood/w01001040) | 1,554 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.0% |

## Your MP

- [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bridgend): Chris Elmore (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

[Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend)

## Postcode districts covering Pencoed

[CF35](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf35)

## Middle areas in Pencoed

[Pen-prysg, Hendre & Felindre](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend/pen-prysg-hendre-and-felindre)

## Towns near Pencoed

[Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bridgend), [Llanharan and Brynna](https://openindex.co.uk/town/llanharan-and-brynna), [Sarn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sarn), [Tonyrefail](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tonyrefail), [Tonypandy](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tonypandy), [Porth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/porth)

## Pencoed in brief

Pencoed is a town in Bridgend, Wales.
About 9,068 people lived in Pencoed in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £221,000 in 2025 across 128 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 62.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Pencoed was £221,000 in 2025.
Pencoed had 9,119 usual residents at the census.
About 96% of people in Pencoed live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Pencoed, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: W45000587
- Constituency: [Bridgend †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bridgend)
- Council: [Bridgend †](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend)
- Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales)
- Area: 2.65 km²
- People, mid-2024: 9,068*
- Neighbourhoods: 6
- Output areas: 32

* 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

[Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bridgend), [Llanharan and Brynna](https://openindex.co.uk/town/llanharan-and-brynna), [Sarn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sarn), [Tonyrefail](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tonyrefail), [Tonypandy](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tonypandy), [Porth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/porth)

## Latest updates for Pencoed

- 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/W45000587

## How to cite

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

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/pencoed