NP44
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cwmbrân, in Torfaen.
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 NP44 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 94% of people in NP44 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How NP44 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NP44 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NP44 at a rate of 134.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 637 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NP44.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,270), other crime (1,254) and anti-social behaviour (1,236).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NP44 was 128.6 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 NP44, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NP44 has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in NP44
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torfaen 007A | 1,283 | 235.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.9% |
| Torfaen 007B | 2,594 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.0% |
| Torfaen 007C | 1,422 | 133.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.3% |
| Torfaen 007D | 1,596 | 121.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| Torfaen 007E | 1,169 | 70.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.5% |
| Torfaen 008A | 1,806 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.3% |
| Torfaen 008B | 1,544 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.6% |
| Torfaen 008C | 1,793 | 62.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.2% |
| Torfaen 008D | 1,936 | 131.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.4% |
| Torfaen 009A | 1,320 | 125.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Torfaen 009B | 1,239 | 136.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.9% |
| Torfaen 009C | 1,144 | 191.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.7% |
| Torfaen 009D | 1,329 | 122.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| Torfaen 009E | 1,442 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Torfaen 010A | 1,518 | 1,084.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 72.3% |
| Torfaen 010B | 1,401 | 134.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Torfaen 010C | 1,179 | 176.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.9% |
| Torfaen 010D | 1,776 | 177.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.3% |
| Torfaen 010E | 1,772 | 165.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| Torfaen 011A | 1,391 | 151.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.4% |
| Torfaen 011B | 1,244 | 109.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Torfaen 011C | 1,161 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.3% |
| Torfaen 011D | 1,244 | 12.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| Torfaen 011E | 1,201 | 80.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Torfaen 012A | 2,438 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.0% |
| Torfaen 012B | 1,499 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.5% |
| Torfaen 012C | 1,404 | 59.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| Torfaen 012D | 1,244 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| Torfaen 013A | 2,323 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.4% |
| Torfaen 013B | 2,652 | 93.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.1% |
| Torfaen 013C | 1,179 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.2% |
MPs for NP44
- Nick Thomas-SymondsLabourMP for Torfaen100% of NP44’s postcodes
- Catherine FookesLabourMP for Monmouthshire0.2% of NP44’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 NP447
Postcode sectors in NP449
Council1
Towns in NP441
Postcode districts next to NP446
Nearest rail stations2
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NP44 in brief
NP44 is a postcode district covering Cwmbrân, in Torfaen.
About 49,946 people lived in NP44 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,000 in 2025 across 657 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 134.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NP44 was £215,000 in 2025.
NP44 had 48,354 usual residents at the census.
About 94% of people in NP44 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NP44, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.