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Cwmafan & Bryn

Middle area

South Neath Port Talbot. 7,730 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 43 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 54% of people in Cwmafan & Bryn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£145,500
Joint 464th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,738
Joint 3,990th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
54%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
84.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Cwmafan & Bryn

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cwmafan & Bryn at a rate of 49.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 83.3 per 1,000 people across Neath Port Talbot.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences173
Other crime79
Anti-social behaviour69
Criminal damage and arson29
Vehicle crime10
Burglary7
Shoplifting5
Drug offences4
Theft from the person2
Robbery1

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Cwmafan & Bryn compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price18 middle areas, Neath Port Talbot · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Neath Port Talbot18 areas from £125,000 to £235,000. The middle area is £160,975. Cwmafan & Bryn is £145,500.
£145,5006th cheapest
Population18 middle areas, Neath Port Talbot · 2021
Population: every middle area in Neath Port Talbot18 areas from 5,127 to 12,714. The middle area is 6,972. Cwmafan & Bryn is 7,738.
7,7388th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 middle areas, Neath Port Talbot · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Neath Port Talbot18 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 91.5%. Cwmafan & Bryn is 54.0%.
54%4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 middle areas, Neath Port Talbot · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Neath Port Talbot18 areas from 0.6% to 99.2%. The middle area is 93.2%. Cwmafan & Bryn is 84.3%.
84.3%5th lowest

Is Cwmafan & Bryn safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cwmafan & Bryn at a rate of 49.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 83.3 per 1,000 people across Neath Port Talbot.

Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 40 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cwmafan & Bryn.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (173), other crime (79) and anti-social behaviour (69).

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 Neath Port Talbot

These figures are published for the whole of Neath Port Talbot, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Neath Port Talbot and not Cwmafan & Bryn alone. See Neath Port Talbot

Average house price
£165,787
Up 2.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,359
105th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.6×
Joint 28th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
142,028
Down 0.4% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Cwmafan & Bryn in brief

The median price paid for a home in Cwmafan & Bryn was £145,500 in 2025.

Cwmafan & Bryn had 7,738 usual residents at the census.

About 54% of people in Cwmafan & Bryn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Cwmafan & Bryn, 84.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.