Abercynon

7°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 8° / 5° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 8° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:41

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

43 reported · August 2026▲ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences18
• Public order8
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Abercynon · South Wales

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

146 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 207 casualties · 6.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

148 food businesses within 2 miles

• 111 rated 4–5 ★ (76 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Abercynon (0.3 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£165,213 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Rhondda Cynon Taf · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£754 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £528
• 2 bed £675
• 3 bed £758

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

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: 153.9p · BP (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (10 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Abercynon Railway Station Carpark (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches9
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,401
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,653
• Net moves−252

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

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

Alex Davies-Jones

Labour

Pontypridd

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,970 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

6 jobs advertised · £53,660 avg

e.g. Legal Services Officer, Lead Nurse for Anaesthetics, Critical Care & Theatres (ACCT), Care Assistant - Abercynon (R3B142J1-NJ)

Source: Adzuna

£666 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

11% low-carbon electricity

Gas 89% · Wind 11%

349 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in CF45

• Mountain Ash Hospital
• Rct Lhb & Merthyr Lhb Ooh
• Health Hub Iw

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pontypridd:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety361 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients340 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth275 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals180 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases160 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

• Abercynon North railway station · 0.0 km

  Abercynon North railway station was one of two railway stations, North and South, serving the village of Abercynon in the Cynon Valley, Wales. It was located on the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line 15¼ miles (24 km…

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  River Cynon · 0.1 km

  The River Cynon in South Wales is a main tributary of the Taff. Its source is the rising of Llygad Cynon at 219 m (719 ft) above sea level at Penderyn, Rhondda Cynon Taf and flows roughly southeast, into the Taff at A…

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  Abercynon · 0.1 km

  Abercynon is a village and community in the Cynon Valley within the unitary authority of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The community comprises the village and the districts of Carnetown and Grovers Field to the south, Nav…

• Pentwyn Deintyr · 0.1 km

  Pentwyn Deintyr is a hill-top hamlet in the community of Bedlinog and Trelewis, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, south-east Wales. Ordnance Survey mapping places the centre on grid reference ST 096 962 at about 140 m…

• Tabernacle Chapel, Abercynon · 0.2 km

  Tabernacle, Abercynon was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Edward Street, Abercynon, Mid Glamorgan, Wales. Services at Tabernacle were conducted in the Welsh language.

• Calfaria Chapel, Abercynon · 0.2 km

  Calfaria, Abercynon was a Baptist chapel in Glancynon Street, Abercynon, Mid Glamorgan, Wales. Services at Calfaria were conducted in the Welsh language.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)