SA9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ystalyfera and Ystradgynlais, in Powys and Neath Port Talbot.
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 SA9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SA9, 55.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SA9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SA9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA9 at a rate of 82.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across the SA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 97 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (640), other crime (197) and anti-social behaviour (132).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA9 was 77.6 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 SA9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA9 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in SA9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmarthenshire 010E | 1,450 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.6% |
| Neath Port Talbot 020A | 1,147 | 57.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 24.0% |
| Neath Port Talbot 020B | 2,078 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.2% |
| Neath Port Talbot 020F | 1,328 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.6% |
| Neath Port Talbot 020G | 1,411 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 73.6% |
| Powys 021A | 1,421 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 12.8% |
| Powys 021B | 2,082 | 93.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 35.3% |
| Powys 021C | 2,064 | 118.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.2% |
| Powys 021D | 1,132 | 103.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 9.1% |
| Powys 021E | 1,431 | 126.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 36.9% |
| Powys 021F | 2,219 | 62.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 72.2% |
MPs for SA9
- David ChadwickLiberal DemocratMP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe94% of SA9’s postcodes
- Ann DaviesPlaid CymruMP for Caerfyrddin6.0% of SA9’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 SA92
Postcode sectors in SA93
Councils SA9 covers2
Towns in SA91
Postcode districts next to SA96
More in the SA postcode area2
SA9 in brief
SA9 is a postcode district covering Ystalyfera and Ystradgynlais, in Powys and Neath Port Talbot.
About 15,302 people lived in SA9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £170,000 in 2025 across 203 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SA9 was £170,000 in 2025.
SA9 had 15,420 usual residents at the census.
In SA9, 55.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SA9, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.