Schools
13 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Cwm Primary School is the nearest published school at 208 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP23 7PY
Cwm · Blaenau Gwent · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Cwm
- Local authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Postcode district
- NP23
- Postcode sector
- NP23 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP23 7PY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- 1 November 2020
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP23
- Postcode sector
- NP23 7
- Latitude
- 51.745252
- Longitude
- -3.184297
- British National Grid easting
- 318,333
- British National Grid northing
- 205,836
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Blaenau Gwent · W06000019
- Electoral ward
- Cwm · W05001260
- Parish or community
- W04000928
- Westminster constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney · W07000084
- Output area
- W00007587
- Lower layer super output area
- Blaenau Gwent 007A · W01001450
- Middle layer super output area
- Blaenau Gwent 007 · W02000320
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore NP23
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 13
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 208 m
Cwm Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.6 km
Pen-Y-Cwm Special School
Welsh establishment
- 3.2 km
Ystruth Primary
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 265
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 99
- Anti social behaviour 38
- Criminal damage and arson 35
- Vehicle crime 28
- Other theft 22
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NP23 7 residents
- 2,491
Age bands in NP23 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.6%
394 residents
249 residents
619 residents
702 residents
542 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
7
within 5 km straight-line
CWM HEALTH CENTRE
CANNING STREET, CWM, EBBW VALE, NP23 7RW
ODS code W93619
419 m
BLAINA MEDICAL PRACTICE
REAR OF HIGH STREET, BLAINA, ABERTILLERY, NP13 3AT
ODS code W93115
2.9 km
ABERTILLERY GROUP
THE BRIDGE CENTRE, FOUNDRY BRIDGE, ABERTILLERY, NP13 1BQ
ODS code W93075
3.7 km
CWM CALON
THE BRIDGE CENTRE, FOUNDRY BRIDGE, ABERTILLERY, NP13 1BQ
ODS code W93007
3.7 km
PEN-Y-CAE SURGERY
THE HEALTH CENTRE, BRIDGE STREET, EBBW VALE, NP23 6EY
ODS code W93623
4.6 km
SIX BELLS MEDICAL CENTRE
ABERBEEG MEDICAL CENTRE, THE SQUARE, ABERBEEG, ABERTILLERY, NP13 2AB
ODS code W93009
4.7 km
MEDDYGFA CWM RHYMNI PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE, WHITE ROSE WAY, NEW TREDEGAR, NP24 6EE
ODS code W95080
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
St Paul`s Church
BCT · Cwm
- 0.0 miles
St Paul`s Church
BCT · Cwm
- 0.1 miles
Curre Street
BCT · Cwm
- 0.2 miles
Ash Street
BCT · Cwm
- 0.2 miles
Bailey Arms
BCT · Cwm
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
265 published events cover 12 months, averaging 22.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 99 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.