Cymmer

8°CCloudy

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

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Dyffryn School, United Kingdom

60 reported · August 2026▲ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences26
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Public order9
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Cymer and Glyncorrwg · South Wales

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

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)

53 food businesses within 2 miles

• 45 rated 4–5 ★ (28 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Maesteg (4.3 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£165,787 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Neath Port Talbot · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (10.8 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 (4.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

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

Independent / Plaid Cymru coalition

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 74,620 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

• 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

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

• Cymmer, Neath Port Talbot · 0.5 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 · 0.6 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 · 0.7 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.

• Croeserw · 1.0 km

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

• Abercregan · 1.1 km

  Abercregan is a village in the community of Cymer and Glyncorrwg, in the Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Glamorgan. It is situated around 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north-east of Port Talbot and just west of Cy…

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  Caerau railway station · 1.3 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)