Rhondda Cynon Taf

14°CCloudy

• Today: 18° / 10° · 58% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:42

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

39US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

127 reported · July 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences56
• Anti-social behaviour18
• Public order18
• Criminal damage & arson11

Neighbourhood team: Porth · South Wales

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

144 reported road collisions (2024)

24 killed or seriously injured · 190 casualties · 6.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

231 food businesses within 2 miles

• 188 rated 4–5 ★ (142 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Porth (0.9 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£167,559 average▲ 7.4% YoY

Across Rhondda Cynon Taf · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£753 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £527
• 2 bed £675
• 3 bed £757

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

4.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.7 times median annual pay (4.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (7.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Asda (4.9 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Porth Park and Ride 2 (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

237,651 residents in Rhondda Cynon Taf · 560/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in Wales

17% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 29% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band A (42% of 111,810)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Chris Bryant

Labour

Rhondda and Ogmore

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 57
• Con 1
• Grn 1
• Oth 8

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£666 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,935 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 112,026 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

63% low-carbon electricity

Wind 36% · Gas 35% · Solar 23% · Nuclear 2%

140 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rhondda and Ogmore:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office357 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership349 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s310 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases310 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth306 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Ynyshir · 0.3 km

  Ynyshir is a village and community located in the Rhondda Valley, within Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. The name of the village means "long island" in Welsh and takes its name from a farm in the area, falling within…

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  River Rhondda · 0.5 km

  The River Rhondda is a river in South Wales with two major tributaries, Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach.

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  Tynewydd Colliery disaster · 0.6 km

  The Tynewydd Colliery disaster occurred on 11 April 1877, when water from a nearby closed colliery flooded the Newydd Colliery in Porth and 14 miners became trapped, of which five died. For his efforts in the rescue,…

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  St Anne's Church, Ynyshir · 0.7 km

  St Anne's Church, Ynyshir is located in the Welsh village of Ynyshir in the Benefice of Tylorstown in the Rhondda Valley. It dates from the 1880s.

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  Rhondda · 0.7 km

  Rhondda, or the Rhondda Valley, is a former coalmining area in South Wales, historically in the county of Glamorgan. It takes its name from the River Rhondda, and embraces two valleys – the larger Rhondda Fawr valley…

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  Rhondda by-pass · 0.7 km

  The Rhondda by-pass, also known as the Porth and Lower Rhondda Fach Relief Road, is a relief road running through the Rhondda, a valley in South Wales. It is built partly on the former Maerdy Branch of the Rhondda Lin…

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