CF72
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Pontyclun, Llanharry and Talbot Green, in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CF72 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 94% of people in CF72 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CF72 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CF72 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CF72 at a rate of 75.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.0 per 1,000 people across the CF postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 271 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CF72.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (881), other crime (497) and anti-social behaviour (272).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CF72 was 69.2 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 CF72, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CF72 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in CF72
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 029A | 1,630 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.2% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 029C | 1,512 | 87.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.2% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 029D | 2,990 | 155.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.2% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 029E | 1,707 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.0% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 029F | 1,736 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.3% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 030A | 1,134 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 030B | 2,110 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.5% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 030C | 1,452 | 59.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.7% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 030D | 1,356 | 96.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.7% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 030E | 1,411 | 338.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.0% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 031B | 1,429 | 88.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.3% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 031C | 1,744 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.5% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 031D | 2,031 | 20.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.9% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 031E | 1,567 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 59.3% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 031F | 1,683 | 67.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.6% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 031G | 1,493 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.1% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 031H | 1,514 | 19.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
MPs for CF72
- Alex Davies-JonesLabourMP for Pontypridd72% of CF72’s postcodes
- Mr Alex Barros-CurtisLabourMP for Cardiff West25% of CF72’s postcodes
- Kanishka NarayanLabourMP for Vale of Glamorgan2.6% of CF72’s postcodes
- Chris BryantLabourMP for Rhondda and Ogmore0.1% of CF72’s postcodes
- Chris ElmoreLabourMP for Bridgend0.1% of CF72’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CF723
Postcode sectors in CF724
Council1
Towns in CF721
Postcode districts next to CF726
Nearest rail stations2
More in the CF postcode area2
CF72 in brief
CF72 is a postcode district covering Pontyclun, Llanharry and Talbot Green, in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
About 28,810 people lived in CF72 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £259,995 in 2025 across 481 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 75.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CF72 was £259,995 in 2025.
CF72 had 27,930 usual residents at the census.
About 94% of people in CF72 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CF72, 90.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.