Torfaen 004B
NeighbourhoodSouth Torfaen. 1,472 people in 6.7 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
In the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, Torfaen 004B is in decile 2.
How Torfaen 004B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Torfaen 004B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Torfaen 004B at a rate of 98.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 155.8 per 1,000 people across Pontypool.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 15 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Torfaen 004B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (58), anti-social behaviour (41) and other crime (18).
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.
Figures for the whole of Torfaen
These figures are published for the whole of Torfaen, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Torfaen and not Torfaen 004B alone. See Torfaen
Torfaen 004B in brief
Torfaen 004B had 1,466 usual residents at the census.
In Torfaen 004B, 85.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Torfaen 004B, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.
61.7% of residents in Torfaen 004B were aged 15 to 64 at the census.