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Parc-Seymour

Parc-Seymour is a village in Gwent, Wales, with a population of around 744. There are around 3 restaurants and cafés, nine bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Severn Tunnel Junction, 6.9 km away. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Parc-Seymour area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Newport area is among the most deprived areas in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 159,592 residents at roughly 838 people per km².

Council
Newport
County
Gwent
Constituency
Newport East
Police force
Gwent

Weather

8°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 13° / 6° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:44

9h 39m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

55US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newport St Julians Comp School, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · August 2026▼ 67% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Langstone · Gwent

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social driving

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

Road safety

173 reported road collisions (2025)

56 killed or seriously injured · 216 casualties · 10.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

10 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 10 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Severn Tunnel Junction (6.9 km)
  • 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Severn Tunnel Junction (6.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£225,702 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Newport · to 2026-08

Detached£391,756
Semi-detached£243,529
Terraced£187,741
Flat£114,399

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£959 average monthly rent▲ 2.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £697
  • 2 bed £863
  • 3 bed £965

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

Affordability

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (3.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · BP (3.9 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

18 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: RAW GREENE KING NEW INN 1 (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

159,592 residents in Newport · 838/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,671
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,438
  • Net moves+233

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

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in Wales

24% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 35% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (26% of 71,900)

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

Your MP

Jessica Morden

Labour

Newport East

Recent votes:

  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

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

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised · £65,520 avg

e.g. Electrical Engineering Manager, Senior Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Workshop Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£728 median full-time weekly pay

4.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,294 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 79,936 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

3% low-carbon electricity

Gas 97% · Wind 3%

383 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 4 pharmacies in NP26

  • Gray Hill Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newport East:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Parc-Seymour · 0.1 km

    Parc-Seymour, is a hamlet in Newport, Wales. It is north of the A48 Newport-Chepstow road, 10 kilometres east-northeast of Newport, within the ancient parish of Penhow, the hamlet of which lies east-southeast of Parc-…

  • Llandevaud · 1.6 km

    Llandevaud is a hamlet in Newport, Wales. It is situated between the A48 Newport-Chepstow Road and the M4 motorway, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the village of Langstone. It is part of the community of Langstone.

  • Penhow · 1.7 km

    Penhow is a small village, historic parish and community just inside the eastern edge of the boundary of the city of Newport, South Wales, within the historic county of Monmouthshire. The name Penhow is believed to be…

  • Penhow Castle · 1.8 km

    Penhow Castle, Penhow, Newport dates from the early 12th century. Extended and reconstructed in almost every century since, it has been claimed to be the oldest continuously-inhabited castle in Wales. The castle is a…

  • Pencoed Castle · 2.3 km

    Pencoed Castle is a ruined Tudor mansion, largely dating from the 16th century, in the parish of Llanmartin, now within the city of Newport, south Wales. It is located about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of Llanmartin vill…

  • Kemeys Inferior · 2.3 km

    Kemeys Inferior is a rural parish and hamlet of Newport, Wales, formerly part of the old county of Monmouthshire. It was the home of the Kemeys family from the Middle Ages until the 19th century. The parish contains a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Parc-Seymour?
Parc-Seymour is a town in Gwent, Wales, in the Newport local authority.
What is the population of Parc-Seymour?
Parc-Seymour has an approximate settlement population of 744.
How deprived is Parc-Seymour?
The Newport local authority, which includes Parc-Seymour, is among the most deprived areas in Wales on the WIMD 2019.