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A town of 3,250 in Dyfed, Wales.
Neyland grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 19% of UK towns, and #8 of 23 in Dyfed. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A−): median sale £180,000, 4.3 years of area income; rent £694 a month. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £43,481; 3.7% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
Dyfed Powys Police published 32 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published. This town's Health Grade uses ONS's small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns' grades also use OHID's small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
The 3 things Neyland does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Neyland is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 7 buildings inside Neyland’s built-up area.
33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 3 old photos and postcards going back to 1890.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Neyland. Best known first.
CastlePembroke Castle3.6 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleBenton Castle3.9 km outside town, to the east
CastleDefensible Barracks1.7 km outside town, to the south
MuseumMilford Haven Museum4.6 km outside town, to the west
Abbey or prioryPill Priory4.9 km outside town, to the west
MuseumPembroke Dock Heritage Centre1.3 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Neyland.
Violence and sexual offences accounted for nearly half of recorded crime. Over the year to August 2026, 268 offences were reported in Neyland, along with 33 incidents of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Neyland records more crime per resident than 88% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
One of them is below, with the reason it’s listed. 291 pupils attend Neyland’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neyland Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 291 | – |
Social housing holds 22% of households, above Dyfed’s towns (17%) and Wales’s towns (18%) alike. The median sale, £180,000, comes from 123 standard sales inside Neyland’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. It is the 14th most expensive of 23 towns of 2,500+ in Dyfed.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £290,000 | 29 |
| Semi-detached | £177,500 | 28 |
| Terraced | £166,000 | 63 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The nearest A&E to Neyland is Withybush General Hospital, 7 miles away. One GP practice serves the town. Nearly a quarter of residents have a disability, close to Dyfed’s towns (23%) and above Wales’s towns (22%).
| Census 2021 | Neyland | Dyfed | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.6% | 7.4% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 24% | 23% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 14% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The census found 11% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 37% of commuters travelled under 5 km, lower than both Dyfed’s towns (41%) and Wales’s towns (41%). Also worth knowing: the 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 3.7%.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Neyland has 7 listed buildings on Cadw’s list, all Grade II. A third of homes date from before 1919.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The middle age in Neyland is 46.7. Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Neyland | Dyfed | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 24% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 19% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.7% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 25% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Dyfed and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
7 listed buildings in Neyland.
Church of Saint Tudwal: Photo: Arthur C Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The War Memorial: Photo: Markus G. Klötzer · CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neyland | 3,250 | — | C− | A− | C− | C |
| Pembroke Dock | 9,659 | 1.5 | D | A− | D− | D− |
| Pembroke | 7,963 | 2.9 | D | B+ | D | D |
| Milford Haven | 14,251 | 3.6 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Johnston | 1,766 | 3.7 | — | B+ | D | C |
| Merlin's Bridge | 2,220 | 5.4 | — | B+ | C− | C− |
| Haverfordwest | 12,088 | 6.4 | C− | B+ | D− | C− |
| Crundale | 1,065 | 7.9 | — | B− | A | B− |
Johnston, Merlin's Bridge and Crundale have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
7 on Cadw’s list.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £180,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £166,000, semi-detached houses £177,500 and detached houses £290,000.
Town in Dyfed, Wales
Neyland is a built-up area of 3,250 people, in the Pembrokeshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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