Cwmbrân

17°CMist

• Today: 17° / 16° · 92% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:33

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

3US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newport, United Kingdom

488 reported · July 2026▲ 32% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences165
• Anti-social behaviour97
• Public order62
• Shoplifting60

Neighbourhood team: St Dials · 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)

313 food businesses within 2 miles

• 262 rated 4–5 ★ (198 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cwmbran (1.1 km)
• 54 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 (5.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (11.6 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

50 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Cwmbran Village Surgery Car Park (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches57
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds17

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

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Labour

Torfaen

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets8
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés53

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,945 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

12% low-carbon electricity

Gas 88% · Solar 6% · Wind 6%

347 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• 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

• Cwmbran railway station (Great Western Railway) · 0.4 km

  Cwmbran railway station was a station in the old village of Cwmbran in Torfaen in South Wales, UK.

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  Cwmbran Central · 0.4 km

  Cwmbran Central is a community in Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales. It had a population of 9,947 as of the 2011 United Kingdom census.

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  Old Cwmbran · 0.4 km

  Old Cwmbran is an area of Cwmbran, Torfaen in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

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  Cwmbran · 0.6 km

  Cwmbran is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales.

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  Cwmbran Centre · 0.6 km

  The Cwmbran Centre, renamed M Cwmbran from March 2024, is a shopping centre, office and leisure complex in the town of Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales. It was formerly named Cwmbran Shopping, then renamed Cwmbran Centre on 3…

• St Dials · 0.6 km

  St Dials is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, in south-east Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)