Barry Island
Middle areaSouth east Vale of Glamorgan. 11,925 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Barry Island live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Barry Island
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Barry Island at a rate of 123.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 73.3 per 1,000 people across Vale of Glamorgan.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 479 |
| Shoplifting | 303 |
| Other crime | 274 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 201 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 91 |
| Drug offences | 37 |
| Vehicle crime | 37 |
| Burglary | 24 |
| Robbery | 14 |
| Theft from the person | 7 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Barry Island compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Barry Island safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Barry Island at a rate of 123.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 73.3 per 1,000 people across Vale of Glamorgan.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 143 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Barry Island.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (479), shoplifting (303) and other crime (274).
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.
Figures for the whole of Vale of Glamorgan
These figures are published for the whole of Vale of Glamorgan, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Vale of Glamorgan and not Barry Island alone. See Vale of Glamorgan
Barry Island in brief
The median price paid for a home in Barry Island was £230,000 in 2025.
Barry Island had 11,039 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Barry Island live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Barry Island, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.