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A town of 14,534 in Gwent, Wales.
Tredegar grades D− overall against UK towns: behind almost every UK town. Its weakest is safety (D−): 60.9 violent and sexual offences and 32 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 2%. The median home sold for £138,000 in the last three years, 3.6 times what households in the Blaenau Gwent council area earn in a year.
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 Tredegar 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 Tredegar is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 14 buildings inside Tredegar’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade II*, and 1 scheduled monument.
39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tredegar.
Reported offences in Tredegar came to 2,060 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 558. Violence and sexual offences made up just over two fifths of the total.
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. Between them, five primaries teach 1,286 pupils in Tredegar.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown C.P. SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 430 | – |
25% of residents have a disability, higher than both Gwent’s towns (22%) and Wales’s towns (22%). Self-reported good health: 73% of Tredegar’s residents. The nearest A&E to Tredegar is Prince Charles Hospital, 6.1 miles away. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects a tenth of the town.
| Census 2021 | Tredegar | Gwent | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 73% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 10% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 25% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · The census answers take no account of age, so a young town looks healthier; the Health Grade relies on age-adjusted measures, life expectancy among them.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 15% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Just over a fifth of commuters who live in Tredegar also work there. At the census, 9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Gwent’s towns (13%) and Wales’s towns (16%). The car carried 89% of commuters at the census.
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.
Grade II* covers 2 of them. Tredegar has 14 listed buildings on Cadw’s list: 2 Grade II*. Also worth knowing: it has one registered historic park or garden.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
13% rent privately, below both Gwent’s towns (14%) and Wales’s towns (17%). Home ownership stands at three in five households. Behind the median of £138,000: 426 standard sales inside Tredegar’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £285,500 | 56 |
| Semi-detached | £162,000 | 109 |
| Terraced | £125,000 | 256 |
| Flat or maisonette | £68,000 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Typical age in Tredegar: 43.6, the median. Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Tredegar | Gwent | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 26% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 23% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.8% | 5.4% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 23% | 28% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwent and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Tredegar. Best known first.
MuseumBrynmawr and District Museum3.5 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumTredegar Museumin townMuseumMuseumEbbw Vale Works Museum1.7 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumWinding House4.1 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumThe Block of Coal100 m outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
14 listed buildings in Tredegar.
The Town Clock: Photo: WelshDave · CC BY-SA 4.0 · N.C.B. Club: Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0 · St George’s Church: Photo: Sionk · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saron Congregational Chapel, including attached schoolroom: Photo: Robin Drayton · CC BY-SA 2.0
42 notable people were born in Tredegar.
Aneurin Bevan: Howard Coster, Public domain · Neil Kinnock: Rob Bogaerts / Anefo, CC0 · Ray Reardon: BennyOnTheLoose, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stephen Kinnock: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0 · James J. Davis: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain · Steve Jones: Whoisjohngalt, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tredegar | 14,534 | — | D− | B− | D− | D− |
| Ebbw Vale | 19,635 | 1.4 | D− | C+ | D− | D |
| Rhymney | 4,998 | 2.1 | D | A | D− | D− |
| Abertysswg | 1,424 | 2.5 | — | A | C | D− |
| Pontlottyn | 1,832 | 2.7 | — | A | D− | D− |
| Brynmawr | 5,250 | 3.3 | D− | B− | D− | D− |
| Nantyglo | 4,548 | 3.3 | D− | C+ | D | D− |
| Fochriw | 1,148 | 3.4 | — | A | D | D− |
Abertysswg, Pontlottyn and Fochriw have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
14 on Cadw’s list, 2 of them Grade II*. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £138,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £68,000, terraced houses £125,000, semi-detached houses £162,000 and detached houses £285,500.
Town in Gwent, Wales
Tredegar is a built-up area of 14,534 people, in the Blaenau Gwent 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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