NP23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr, in Blaenau Gwent.
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 NP23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 23% of people in NP23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How NP23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NP23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NP23 at a rate of 145.1 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 412 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NP23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,560), anti-social behaviour (1,056) and other crime (833).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NP23 was 138.3 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 NP23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NP23 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in NP23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaenau Gwent 001A | 1,343 | 106.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.1% |
| Blaenau Gwent 001B | 1,175 | 158.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Blaenau Gwent 001C | 1,093 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.3% |
| Blaenau Gwent 001D | 1,404 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.8% |
| Blaenau Gwent 001E | 1,609 | 164.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.4% |
| Blaenau Gwent 002A | 1,231 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.3% |
| Blaenau Gwent 002B | 1,481 | 114.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Blaenau Gwent 002C | 1,164 | 310.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.0% |
| Blaenau Gwent 002D | 1,373 | 152.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.8% |
| Blaenau Gwent 004A | 1,478 | 178.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.2% |
| Blaenau Gwent 004B | 1,606 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.4% |
| Blaenau Gwent 004C | 1,266 | 153.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.8% |
| Blaenau Gwent 004D | 1,791 | 136.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Blaenau Gwent 004E | 1,645 | 113.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| Blaenau Gwent 005D | 1,901 | 199.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.9% |
| Blaenau Gwent 005E | 1,327 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.3% |
| Blaenau Gwent 005F | 1,316 | 118.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 6.7% |
| Blaenau Gwent 007A | 1,216 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.9% |
| Blaenau Gwent 007B | 1,292 | 104.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 77.4% |
| Blaenau Gwent 007C | 1,432 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 65.1% |
| Blaenau Gwent 007D | 1,207 | 163.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| Blaenau Gwent 007E | 1,726 | 321.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.4% |
| Blaenau Gwent 007F | 1,261 | 268.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.0% |
MPs for NP23
- Nick SmithLabourMP for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney100% of NP23’s postcodes
- Catherine FookesLabourMP for Monmouthshire0.1% of NP23’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 NP234
Postcode sectors in NP236
Council1
Towns in NP231
Postcode districts next to NP237
Nearest rail stations2
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NP23 in brief
NP23 is a postcode district covering Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr, in Blaenau Gwent.
About 32,882 people lived in NP23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £150,000 in 2025 across 375 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 145.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NP23 was £150,000 in 2025.
NP23 had 32,076 usual residents at the census.
About 23% of people in NP23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NP23, 85.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.