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Creunant

Creunant is a town in West Glamorgan, Wales. It has 12 bus stops and there were around 5 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 Creunant area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Neath Port Talbot area is more deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 142,286 residents at roughly 322 people per km².

Council
Neath Port Talbot
County
West Glamorgan
Constituency
Neath
Police force
South Wales

Weather

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 5° · 22% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:42

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Margam, United Kingdom

Crime

9 reported · August 2026▲ 350% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Other theft1
  • Possession of weapons1

Neighbourhood team: Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters · South Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Road Safety & Speeding

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

Road safety

58 reported road collisions (2025)

22 killed or seriously injured · 69 casualties · 4.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

16 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 13 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Neath (8.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£165,787 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Neath Port Talbot · to 2026-08

Detached£259,293
Semi-detached£168,614
Terraced£140,457
Flat£82,192

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£690 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £499
  • 2 bed £634
  • 3 bed £727

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

Affordability

4.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.4 times median annual pay (4.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · ESSO (8.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · ESSO (8.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Asda Ystalyfera (4.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

142,286 residents in Neath Port Talbot · 322/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,793
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,873
  • Net moves−80

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

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in Wales

15% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 33% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (41% of 67,170)

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

Your MP

Carolyn Harris

Labour

Neath and Swansea East

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Plaid Cymru coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,910 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 74,620 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

18% low-carbon electricity

Gas 82% · Wind 13% · Solar 6%

322 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SA10

  • Skewen Medical Centre
  • Dulais Valley Prim Care Centre
  • Tabernacle Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Neath and Swansea East:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Crynant · 0.1 km

    Crynant is a village and community in the Dulais Valley in Wales. It lies 7¾ miles north-east from the town of Neath in Neath Port Talbot, situated between the mountains of Mynydd Marchywel to the west, Hirfynydd to t…

  • Dulais Valley · 0.9 km

    The Dulais Valley, one of the South Wales Valleys, is traversed by the River Dulais in southwest Wales north of the town of Neath, Wales.

  • Cefn Coed Colliery Halt railway station · 1.6 km

    Cefn Coed Colliery Halt railway station served the village of Crynant, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1930 to 1962 on the Neath and Brecon Railway.

  • Crynant New Colliery Halt railway station · 1.8 km

    Crynant New Colliery Halt railway station served the colliery in the village of Crynant, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1938 to 1954 on the Neath and Brecon Railway.

  • Neath (UK Parliament constituency) · 1.9 km

    Neath was a constituency in Wales represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1918 to 2024.

  • Neath (Senedd constituency) · 1.9 km

    Neath was a constituency of the Senedd. It elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, wh…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Creunant?
Creunant is a town in West Glamorgan, Wales, in the Neath Port Talbot local authority.
How deprived is Creunant?
The Neath Port Talbot local authority, which includes Creunant, is more deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.