Gorllewin Porthmadog
WardCentral Gwynedd. About 1,615 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 8.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 81% of people in Gorllewin Porthmadog live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Gorllewin Porthmadog compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Gorllewin Porthmadog safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Gorllewin Porthmadog at a rate of 139.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.8 per 1,000 people across Gwynedd.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Gorllewin Porthmadog.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (84), anti-social behaviour (48) and other crime (36).
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 Gwynedd
These figures are published for the whole of Gwynedd, not for each ward, so they describe all of Gwynedd and not Gorllewin Porthmadog alone. See Gwynedd
Gorllewin Porthmadog in brief
Gorllewin Porthmadog had 1,507 usual residents at the census.
About 81% of people in Gorllewin Porthmadog live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Gorllewin Porthmadog, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Gorllewin Porthmadog, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.