Tonypandy
TownTown in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
Tonypandy is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Tonypandy add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Gigabit coverage by town
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Tonypandy, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Tonypandy compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Tonypandy safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Tonypandy at a rate of 81.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales.
In August 2026 alone, 129 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Tonypandy.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (701), other crime (270) and anti-social behaviour (143).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Tonypandy was 83.0 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 Tonypandy, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Tonypandy has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in Tonypandy
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 014C | 1,225 | 99.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.9% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 016A | 1,368 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 016B | 1,409 | 73.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 016C | 1,583 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.7% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 016D | 1,977 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.3% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 018A | 1,108 | 139.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 018B | 1,529 | 131.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.3% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 018C | 1,215 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.6% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 018D | 1,494 | 41.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 018E | 1,603 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 018F | 1,245 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf 023C | 1,447 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.5% |
Your MP
- Chris BryantLabourMP for Rhondda and Ogmore
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Tonypandy1
Middle areas in Tonypandy2
Towns near Tonypandy6
Tonypandy in brief
Tonypandy is a town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
About 17,236 people lived in Tonypandy in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £125,000 in 2025 across 205 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 81.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Tonypandy was £125,000 in 2025.
Tonypandy had 17,209 usual residents at the census.
In Tonypandy, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Tonypandy, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.