# Rhondda Town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Rhondda is a town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Median sale price £128,225 in 2025. Recorded crime 87.3 per 1,000 people. About 13,398 people. Town. Code W45000504. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) Rhondda is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Rhondda 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: £128,225** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Rhondda was £128,225 in 2025. 13th 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/rhondda#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 13,271** (2021). Rhondda had 13,271 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 423rd 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/rhondda#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Rhondda 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/rhondda#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.4%** (January 2026). In Rhondda, 95.4% 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/rhondda#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=W45000504) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Rhondda 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=W45000504) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 136 homes were sold in Rhondda in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=W45000504) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Rhondda. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=W45000504) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Rhondda had 13,271 usual residents at the census. ## How Rhondda compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Rhondda | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £128,225 | 4th cheapest | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 | | Population | 13,271 | 37th least 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 | 95.4% | joint 21st highest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 | ## Is Rhondda safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rhondda at a rate of 87.3 per 1,000 people. That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales. In August 2026 alone, 87 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rhondda. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (534), other crime (284) and anti-social behaviour (130). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Rhondda was 91.1 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 Rhondda, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Rhondda has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales. ## Neighbourhoods in Rhondda | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001214) | 1,292 | 22.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001216) | 1,524 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001962) | 2,484 | 110.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.7% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001285) | 1,363 | 90.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001286) | 1,476 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 014F](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001287) | 1,456 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 014G](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001288) | 1,425 | 137.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.3% | | [Rhondda Cynon Taf 014H](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/neighbourhood/w01001963) | 2,247 | 123.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.6% | ## Your MP - [Rhondda and Ogmore](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rhondda-and-ogmore): Chris Bryant (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 [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) ## Postcode districts covering Rhondda [CF40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf40), [CF41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf41) ## Middle areas in Rhondda [Pentre](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/pentre), [Ystrad & Llwynypia](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf/ystrad-and-llwynypia) ## Towns near Rhondda [Treorchy](https://openindex.co.uk/town/treorchy), [Tonypandy](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tonypandy), [Porth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/porth), [Aberdare](https://openindex.co.uk/town/aberdare), [Tonyrefail](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tonyrefail), [Mountain Ash](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mountain-ash) ## Rhondda in brief Rhondda is a town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. About 13,398 people lived in Rhondda in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £128,225 in 2025 across 136 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Rhondda was £128,225 in 2025. Rhondda had 13,271 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Rhondda live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Rhondda, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: W45000504 - Constituency: [Rhondda and Ogmore †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rhondda-and-ogmore) - Council: [Rhondda Cynon Taf †](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) - Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales) - Area: 2.81 km² - People, mid-2024: 13,398* - Neighbourhoods: 8 - Output areas: 45 * 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 [Tonypandy](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tonypandy), [Treorchy](https://openindex.co.uk/town/treorchy), [Porth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/porth), [Aberdare](https://openindex.co.uk/town/aberdare), [Tonyrefail](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tonyrefail), [Mountain Ash](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mountain-ash) ## Latest updates for Rhondda - 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/W45000504 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/rhondda, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/rhondda#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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