CF36
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Porthcawl, Nottage and Newton, in Bridgend.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CF36 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CF36, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CF36 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CF36 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CF36 at a rate of 79.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.0 per 1,000 people across the CF postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 140 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CF36.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (510), other crime (240) and shoplifting (167).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CF36 was 74.6 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in CF36, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CF36 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in CF36
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgend 018A | 1,474 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Bridgend 018B | 1,760 | 23.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.4% |
| Bridgend 018C | 1,912 | 160.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.8% |
| Bridgend 018D | 1,666 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.1% |
| Bridgend 018E | 1,010 | 11.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Bridgend 018F | 1,348 | 19.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.2% |
| Bridgend 019A | 1,708 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.7% |
| Bridgend 019B | 1,958 | 143.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Bridgend 019C | 1,583 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.3% |
| Bridgend 019D | 1,709 | 166.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.6% |
MPs for CF36
- Chris ElmoreLabourMP for Bridgend100% of CF36’s postcodes
- Stephen KinnockLabourMP for Aberafan Maesteg0.5% of CF36’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CF362
Postcode sectors in CF363
Council1
Towns in CF361
Postcode districts next to CF362
Nearest rail stations1
More in the CF postcode area2
CF36 in brief
CF36 is a postcode district covering Porthcawl, Nottage and Newton, in Bridgend.
About 16,268 people lived in CF36 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 278 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 79.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CF36 was £320,000 in 2025.
CF36 had 16,132 usual residents at the census.
In CF36, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CF36, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.