Croeserw

8°CCloudy

• Today: 10° / 5° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:42

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Dyffryn School, United Kingdom

59 reported · August 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences25
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Public order9
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Gwynfi and Croeserw · South Wales

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

67 reported road collisions (2025)

19 killed or seriously injured · 99 casualties · 4.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

64 food businesses within 2 miles

• 55 rated 4–5 ★ (34 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Maesteg (4.0 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£210,905 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Bridgend · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£763 average monthly rent▲ 7.8% YoY

• 1 bed £562
• 2 bed £701
• 3 bed £816

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

6.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.0 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.3 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Maesteg (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

145,490 residents in Bridgend · 580/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,680
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,031
• Net moves+649

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

Around the average in Wales

7% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 20% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (23% of 66,260)

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

Stephen Kinnock

Labour

Aberafan Maesteg

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools4
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£738 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,400 disposable income per head (2024)

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

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,606 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

13% low-carbon electricity

Gas 87% · Wind 13%

341 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

2 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in SA13

• The Health Centre
• Mount Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aberafan Maesteg:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases560 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety300 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals150 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK138 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• Croeserw · 0.6 km

  School = Croeserw primary school Croeserw is a village of approximately 1,380 inhabitants in Gwynfi and Croeserw, Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.

• Cymmer, Neath Port Talbot · 1.0 km

  Cymmer is a small village in the community of Cymer and Glyncorrwg, in Neath Port Talbot in Wales, set on a hillside in the Afan Valley near the confluence of the River Afan and the River Corrwg. In 2001, Cymmer had a…

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  Cymmer Afan railway station · 1.1 km

  Cymmer Afan railway station served the village of Cymmer, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1885 to 1970 on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway.

• Cymmer Corrwg railway station · 1.2 km

  Cymmer Corrwg railway station served the village of Cymmer, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1918 to 1964 on the South Wales Mineral Railway.

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  A4107 road · 1.3 km

  The A4107 road is an A road in Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. It begins in Port Talbot and heads up the Afan Valley in a north easterly direction. It then continues over the moors eastwards until it connects…

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  Caerau railway station · 1.5 km

  Caerau railway station served the village of Caerau, in the historical county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1901 to 1970 on the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)