# Tredegar

Town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales.

Tredegar is a town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. Median sale price £145,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 179.0 per 1,000 people. About 14,466 people.

Town. Code W45000366. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent)

Tredegar is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Tredegar 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: £145,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tredegar was £145,000 in 2025. Joint 34th 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/tredegar#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 14,534** (2021). Tredegar had 14,534 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 489th 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/tredegar#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 46%** (2022). About 46% of people in Tredegar 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/tredegar#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.3%** (January 2026). In Tredegar, 89.3% 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/tredegar#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=W45000366) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 46% of people in Tredegar 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=W45000366) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 177 homes were sold in Tredegar in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=W45000366) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Tredegar.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=W45000366) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Tredegar had 14,534 usual residents at the census.

## How Tredegar compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Tredegar | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £145,000 | joint 9th cheapest | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 |
| Population | 14,534 | 31st 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 | 89.3% | 18th lowest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 |

## Is Tredegar safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Tredegar at a rate of 179.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales.
In August 2026 alone, 264 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Tredegar.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (834), anti-social behaviour (560) and other crime (536).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Tredegar was 158.4 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 Tredegar, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

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

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Blaenau Gwent 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001472) | 1,374 | 85.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.5% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001473) | 1,269 | 144.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.7% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001474) | 1,424 | 203.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.0% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001475) | 1,127 | 184.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001480) | 1,466 | 145.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001462) | 1,816 | 102.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.4% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001463) | 1,789 | 84.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001478) | 1,366 | 163.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.2% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001479) | 1,476 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.4% |
| [Blaenau Gwent 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/neighbourhood/w01001481) | 1,633 | 548.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 65.5% |

## Your MP

- [Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blaenau-gwent-and-rhymney): Nick Smith (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

[Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent)

## Postcode districts covering Tredegar

[NP22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/np22)

## Middle areas in Tredegar

[Sirhowy](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/sirhowy), [Tredegar & Georgetown](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent/tredegar-and-georgetown)

## Towns near Tredegar

[Ebbw Vale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ebbw-vale), [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/town/merthyr-tydfil), [Abertillery](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abertillery), [Bargod](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bargod), [Blackwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blackwood), [Newbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newbridge)

## Tredegar in brief

Tredegar is a town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales.
About 14,466 people lived in Tredegar in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £145,000 in 2025 across 177 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 179.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Tredegar was £145,000 in 2025.
Tredegar had 14,534 usual residents at the census.
About 46% of people in Tredegar live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Tredegar, 89.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: W45000366
- Constituency: [Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blaenau-gwent-and-rhymney)
- Council: [Blaenau Gwent †](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent)
- Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales)
- Area: 5.35 km²
- People, mid-2024: 14,466*
- Neighbourhoods: 10
- Output areas: 54

* 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

[Ebbw Vale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ebbw-vale), [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/town/merthyr-tydfil), [Abertillery](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abertillery), [Bargod](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bargod), [Blackwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blackwood), [Newbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newbridge)

## Latest updates for Tredegar

- 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/W45000366

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/tredegar, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/tredegar#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/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508848. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/tredegar
