Torfaen

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 6° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:39

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newport, United Kingdom

159 reported · August 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences51
• Anti-social behaviour36
• Public order18
• Shoplifting14

Neighbourhood team: Cwmynyscoy · Gwent

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

86 reported road collisions (2025)

34 killed or seriously injured · 109 casualties · 9.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

208 food businesses within 2 miles

• 161 rated 4–5 ★ (122 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pontypool and New Inn (2.1 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£194,895 average▼ 2.8% YoY

Across Torfaen · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£862 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £616
• 2 bed £766
• 3 bed £897

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (5.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (1.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (1.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 100 kW
• Nearest: Upper Trosnant Street (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

92,276 residents in Torfaen · 734/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK2,753
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK2,563
• Net moves+190

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in Wales

5% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 32% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (30% of 43,330)

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

Labour majority

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

• Schools6
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,825 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

409 jobs advertised · £40,925 avg

e.g. Sales Design Consultant, Electronic Engineering Technician, Electrical Design Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£757 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,558 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 42,300 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Torfaen:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety490 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth222 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals189 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK177 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence170 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Cwmynyscoy · 0.4 km

  Cwmynyscoy, officially known by the Welsh name Cwm-ynys-cou, is a residential area in the community of Pontymoile and is a suburb of Pontypool in Torfaen, South Wales.

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  West Monmouth School · 0.7 km

  West Monmouth School is a state-funded and non-selective secondary school in Pontypool, Torfaen, South Wales.

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  Blaendare Road Halt railway station · 0.9 km

  Blaendare Road Halt railway station served Pontymoile and Cwmynyscoy to the south of Pontypool town centre in Torfaen, South Wales, UK.

• Pontypool Clarence Street railway station · 0.9 km

  Pontypool Clarence Street railway station was a station on the former Taff Vale Extension (TVE) of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway. The station opened 20 August 1855 to link up with the Taff Vale Railway…

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  Pontypool Crane Street railway station · 1.1 km

  Pontypool Crane Street railway station served the town of Pontypool in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.

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  Pontymoile · 1.1 km

  Pontymoile is a suburb of Pontypool in Torfaen, South Wales. It is all but merged with the nearby suburbs of Cwmynyscoy and Upper Race.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)