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CF62

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Barry, The Knap and Colcot, in Vale of Glamorgan.

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 CF62 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In CF62, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£250,000
Joint 751st cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
43,824
339th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How CF62 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

CF62Middle
Median sale price35 postcode districts, CF · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in CF35 areas from £94,000 to £475,000. The middle area is £200,000. CF62 is £250,000.
£250,00011th most expensive
Population35 postcode districts, CF · 2021
Population: every postcode district in CF35 areas from 9,323 to 77,530. The middle area is 21,836. CF62 is 43,824.
43,8248th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage35 postcode districts, CF · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in CF35 areas from 32.2% to 97.8%. The middle area is 92.1%. CF62 is 95.0%.
95.0%11th highest
Claimant rate35 postcode districts, CF · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in CF35 areas from 1.9% to 5.5%. The middle area is 3.5%. CF62 is 3.8%.
3.8%joint 13th highest

Is CF62 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CF62 at a rate of 72.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 96.0 per 1,000 people across the CF postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 325 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CF62.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,225), other crime (643) and shoplifting (545).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CF62 was 74.4 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 CF62, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CF62 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

Neighbourhoods in CF62

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Vale of Glamorgan 003B1,86637.3 per 1,000892.0%
Vale of Glamorgan 007B2,12540.7 per 1,0005100.0%
Vale of Glamorgan 007C1,23864.2 per 1,000199.8%
Vale of Glamorgan 007D1,404139.6 per 1,000199.3%
Vale of Glamorgan 007E1,30968.7 per 1,000599.8%
Vale of Glamorgan 007F1,538114.0 per 1,000198.2%
Vale of Glamorgan 010A1,62318.0 per 1,0001099.9%
Vale of Glamorgan 010B1,03171.3 per 1,0001099.2%
Vale of Glamorgan 010C1,47022.8 per 1,0001098.0%
Vale of Glamorgan 010D1,17772.3 per 1,0001099.2%
Vale of Glamorgan 012A1,590150.2 per 1,000498.8%
Vale of Glamorgan 013A1,33448.6 per 1,000898.6%
Vale of Glamorgan 013B1,409125.9 per 1,0001100.0%
Vale of Glamorgan 013C1,76066.9 per 1,000399.9%
Vale of Glamorgan 013D1,195121.0 per 1,000499.5%
Vale of Glamorgan 013E1,53495.3 per 1,000497.0%
Vale of Glamorgan 013F1,53385.2 per 1,000699.0%
Vale of Glamorgan 014B1,28332.1 per 1,0008100.0%
Vale of Glamorgan 014D1,34719.9 per 1,000994.7%
Vale of Glamorgan 014E1,70068.7 per 1,000590.7%
Vale of Glamorgan 014F2,46739.0 per 1,000657.7%
Vale of Glamorgan 014G1,26481.2 per 1,000597.9%
Vale of Glamorgan 014H1,76037.3 per 1,0009100.0%
Vale of Glamorgan 015A1,75833.0 per 1,000999.8%
Vale of Glamorgan 015B1,40133.7 per 1,0001095.8%
Vale of Glamorgan 015D1,622281.6 per 1,000487.6%
Vale of Glamorgan 015F1,94391.0 per 1,000895.4%
Vale of Glamorgan 015G2,226109.1 per 1,000597.0%

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CF62 in brief

CF62 is a postcode district covering Barry, The Knap and Colcot, in Vale of Glamorgan.

About 45,107 people lived in CF62 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £250,000 in 2025 across 653 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in CF62 was £250,000 in 2025.

CF62 had 43,824 usual residents at the census.

In CF62, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In CF62, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.