SA8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Pontardawe, Alltwen and Rhos, in Neath Port Talbot.
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 SA8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in SA8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SA8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SA8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA8 at a rate of 61.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across the SA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 85 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (389), other crime (178) and anti-social behaviour (95).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA8 was 65.5 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 SA8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA8 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in SA8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neath Port Talbot 004A | 2,721 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.8% |
| Neath Port Talbot 004B | 1,784 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.0% |
| Neath Port Talbot 004C | 2,179 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.9% |
| Neath Port Talbot 004D | 1,809 | 130.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.3% |
| Neath Port Talbot 004E | 1,374 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.9% |
| Neath Port Talbot 004F | 1,186 | 18.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.4% |
| Neath Port Talbot 004G | 1,401 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.8% |
MPs for SA8
- David ChadwickLiberal DemocratMP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe98% of SA8’s postcodes
- Carolyn HarrisLabourMP for Neath and Swansea East1.6% of SA8’s postcodes
- Tonia AntoniazziLabourMP for Gower0.7% of SA8’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 SA81
Postcode sectors in SA83
Council1
Towns in SA81
Postcode districts next to SA84
More in the SA postcode area2
SA8 in brief
SA8 is a postcode district covering Pontardawe, Alltwen and Rhos, in Neath Port Talbot.
About 13,258 people lived in SA8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £210,000 in 2025 across 176 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SA8 was £210,000 in 2025.
SA8 had 13,332 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in SA8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SA8, 87.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.