Torfaen

13°CClear

• Today: 19° / 12° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:38

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newport, United Kingdom

192 reported · July 2026▲ 37% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences81
• Anti-social behaviour35
• Public order25
• Criminal damage & arson13

Neighbourhood team: Cwmynyscoy · Gwent

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

89 reported road collisions (2024)

27 killed or seriously injured · 101 casualties · 9.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

208 food businesses within 2 miles

• 159 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

£199,778 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Torfaen · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£858 average monthly rent▲ 1.1% YoY

• 1 bed £614
• 2 bed £763
• 3 bed £893

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

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: 181.9p · Morrisons (4.3 km)

10 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)

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)

2,945 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

504 jobs advertised · £40,849 avg

e.g. Sales Advisor - Part Time Evenings, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Customer Service Representative

Source: Adzuna

£757 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% 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:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership363 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office358 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety356 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s263 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test254 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 
  Cwmynyscoy · 0.4 km

  Cwmynyscoy 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)