# Port Talbot Town in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Port Talbot is a town in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Median sale price £155,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 113.6 per 1,000 people. About 31,825 people. Town. Code W45000537. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) Port Talbot is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Port Talbot 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 Port Talbot 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/port-talbot#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 31,557** (2021). Port Talbot had 31,557 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 358th 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/port-talbot#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 46%** (2022). About 46% of people in Port Talbot 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/port-talbot#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.5%** (January 2026). In Port Talbot, 95.5% 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/port-talbot#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=W45000537) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 46% of people in Port Talbot 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=W45000537) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 370 homes were sold in Port Talbot in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=W45000537) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Port Talbot. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=W45000537) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Port Talbot had 31,557 usual residents at the census. ## How Port Talbot compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Port Talbot | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £155,000 | joint 14th cheapest | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 | | Population | 31,557 | 14th most populated | 76 towns, Wales · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 46% | joint 7th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 76 towns, Wales · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.5% | 20th highest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 | ## Is Port Talbot safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Port Talbot at a rate of 113.6 per 1,000 people. That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales. In August 2026 alone, 418 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Port Talbot. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,435), other crime (740) and anti-social behaviour (541). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Port Talbot was 118.0 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 Port Talbot, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Port Talbot has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods - Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales. ## Neighbourhoods in Port Talbot | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Neath Port Talbot 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000889) | 1,807 | 98.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.3% | | [Neath Port Talbot 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000883) | 1,319 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.1% | | [Neath Port Talbot 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000958) | 1,553 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% | | [Neath Port Talbot 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000961) | 1,584 | 100.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% | | [Neath Port Talbot 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000962) | 1,535 | 121.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% | | [Neath Port Talbot 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000963) | 1,856 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% | | [Neath Port Talbot 016F](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000964) | 1,810 | 134.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% | | [Neath Port Talbot 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000884) | 1,281 | 197.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.2% | | [Neath Port Talbot 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000885) | 1,452 | 133.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.7% | | [Neath Port Talbot 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000886) | 1,621 | 135.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% | | [Neath Port Talbot 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000957) | 1,616 | 150.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% | | [Neath Port Talbot 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000959) | 1,723 | 136.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.4% | | [Neath Port Talbot 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000960) | 1,772 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.4% | | [Neath Port Talbot 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000949) | 1,322 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.0% | | [Neath Port Talbot 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000950) | 1,470 | 137.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.8% | | [Neath Port Talbot 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000951) | 1,794 | 208.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.9% | | [Neath Port Talbot 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000952) | 1,170 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% | | [Neath Port Talbot 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000966) | 1,436 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% | | [Neath Port Talbot 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000932) | 1,033 | 112.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.9% | | [Neath Port Talbot 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000967) | 1,415 | 135.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% | | [Neath Port Talbot 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/neighbourhood/w01000968) | 1,967 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% | ## Your MP - [Aberafan Maesteg](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/aberafan-maesteg): Stephen Kinnock (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 Port Talbot [SA12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa12), [SA13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa13) ## Middle areas in Port Talbot [Aberafan](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/aberafan), [Port Talbot East](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/port-talbot-east), [Port Talbot South & Margam](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/port-talbot-south-and-margam), [Sandfields](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot/sandfields) ## Towns near Port Talbot [Baglan](https://openindex.co.uk/town/baglan), [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swansea), [Neath](https://openindex.co.uk/town/neath), [Pyle](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pyle), [Porthcawl](https://openindex.co.uk/town/porthcawl), [Maesteg](https://openindex.co.uk/town/maesteg) ## Port Talbot in brief Port Talbot is a town in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. About 31,825 people lived in Port Talbot 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 370 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 113.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Port Talbot was £155,000 in 2025. Port Talbot had 31,557 usual residents at the census. About 46% of people in Port Talbot live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Port Talbot, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: W45000537 - Constituency: [Aberafan Maesteg †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/aberafan-maesteg) - Council: [Neath Port Talbot †](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) - Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales) - Area: 15.70 km² - People, mid-2024: 31,825* - Neighbourhoods: 21 - Output areas: 108 * 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), [Neath](https://openindex.co.uk/town/neath), [Pyle](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pyle), [Porthcawl](https://openindex.co.uk/town/porthcawl), [Maesteg](https://openindex.co.uk/town/maesteg) ## Latest updates for Port Talbot - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/W45000537 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/port-talbot, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/port-talbot#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 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