# Pontypool

Town in Torfaen, Wales.

Pontypool is a town in Torfaen, Wales. Median sale price £194,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 112.0 per 1,000 people. About 29,145 people.

Town. Code W45000460. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen)

Pontypool is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Pontypool 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: £194,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Pontypool was £194,000 in 2025. Joint 204th 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/pontypool#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 29,070** (2021). Pontypool had 29,070 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 381st 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/pontypool#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Pontypool 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/pontypool#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.5%** (January 2026). In Pontypool, 90.5% 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/pontypool#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=W45000460) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Pontypool 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=W45000460) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 355 homes were sold in Pontypool in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=W45000460) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Pontypool.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=W45000460) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Pontypool had 29,070 usual residents at the census.

## How Pontypool compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Pontypool | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £194,000 | 38th cheapest | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 |
| Population | 29,070 | 16th most populated | 76 towns, Wales · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 76 towns, Wales · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.5% | 24th lowest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 |

## Is Pontypool safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Pontypool at a rate of 112.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales.
In August 2026 alone, 319 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Pontypool.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,295), other crime (649) and anti-social behaviour (525).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Pontypool was 116.7 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 Pontypool, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Pontypool has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 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 Pontypool

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Torfaen 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001525) | 1,842 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| [Torfaen 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001529) | 2,036 | 120.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.5% |
| [Torfaen 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001530) | 1,792 | 156.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| [Torfaen 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001531) | 1,673 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.0% |
| [Torfaen 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001491) | 1,701 | 110.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| [Torfaen 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001496) | 1,466 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.6% |
| [Torfaen 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001523) | 1,422 | 94.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.8% |
| [Torfaen 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001524) | 1,855 | 367.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 52.6% |
| [Torfaen 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001540) | 1,269 | 108.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.5% |
| [Torfaen 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001541) | 1,157 | 87.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.9% |
| [Torfaen 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001510) | 1,597 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.8% |
| [Torfaen 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001511) | 1,538 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.1% |
| [Torfaen 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001512) | 1,294 | 12.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| [Torfaen 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001513) | 1,466 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 71.2% |
| [Torfaen 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001514) | 1,079 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Torfaen 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001515) | 1,393 | 229.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.7% |
| [Torfaen 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001516) | 1,435 | 143.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| [Torfaen 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001517) | 2,441 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| [Torfaen 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/neighbourhood/w01001518) | 1,132 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |

## 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 Pontypool

[NP4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np4)

## Middle areas in Pontypool

[Griffithstown & Sebastopol](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/griffithstown-and-sebastopol), [New Inn](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/new-inn), [Pontypool](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/pontypool), [Trefethin & Pen-y-garn](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen/trefethin-and-pen-y-garn)

## Towns near Pontypool

[Cwmbrân](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cwmbran), [Abertillery](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abertillery), [Newbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newbridge), [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport), [Risca](https://openindex.co.uk/town/risca), [Pontllanfraith](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontllanfraith)

## Pontypool in brief

Pontypool is a town in Torfaen, Wales.
About 29,145 people lived in Pontypool in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £194,000 in 2025 across 355 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 112.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Pontypool was £194,000 in 2025.
Pontypool had 29,070 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Pontypool live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Pontypool, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: W45000460
- Constituency: [Torfaen †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/torfaen)
- Council: [Torfaen †](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen)
- Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales)
- Area: 9.00 km²
- People, mid-2024: 29,145*
- Neighbourhoods: 19
- Output areas: 99

* 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

[Cwmbrân](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cwmbran), [Abertillery](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abertillery), [Newbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newbridge), [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport), [Risca](https://openindex.co.uk/town/risca), [Pontllanfraith](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontllanfraith)

## Latest updates for Pontypool

- 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/W45000460

## How to cite

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

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/pontypool