NP22
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Tredegar, Rhymney and Georgetown, in Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly.
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 NP22 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 48% of people in NP22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How NP22 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NP22 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NP22 at a rate of 174.8 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 367 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NP22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,251), anti-social behaviour (756) and other crime (729).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NP22 was 162.6 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 NP22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NP22 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in NP22
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaenau Gwent 003A | 1,374 | 85.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.5% |
| Blaenau Gwent 003B | 1,269 | 144.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.7% |
| Blaenau Gwent 003C | 1,424 | 203.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.0% |
| Blaenau Gwent 003D | 1,127 | 184.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| Blaenau Gwent 003E | 1,466 | 145.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Blaenau Gwent 006A | 1,816 | 102.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.4% |
| Blaenau Gwent 006B | 1,789 | 84.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| Blaenau Gwent 006C | 1,366 | 163.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.2% |
| Blaenau Gwent 006D | 1,476 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.4% |
| Blaenau Gwent 006E | 1,633 | 548.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 65.5% |
| Caerphilly 001A | 1,424 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Caerphilly 001B | 1,478 | 221.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.0% |
| Caerphilly 001C | 1,424 | 156.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.9% |
| Caerphilly 001E | 1,233 | 196.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Caerphilly 001F | 1,155 | 154.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.0% |
Your MP
- Nick SmithLabourMP for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
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 NP223
Postcode sectors in NP224
Councils NP22 covers2
Towns in NP221
Postcode districts next to NP227
Nearest rail stations3
More in the NP postcode area2
NP22 in brief
NP22 is a postcode district covering Tredegar, Rhymney and Georgetown, in Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly.
About 21,363 people lived in NP22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £140,000 in 2025 across 238 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 174.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NP22 was £140,000 in 2025.
NP22 had 21,463 usual residents at the census.
About 48% of people in NP22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NP22, 90.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.