Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. YGG Rhos-Afan is the nearest published school at 967 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA12 7BU
Sandfields West · Neath Port Talbot · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Sandfields West
- Local authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg
- Postcode district
- SA12
- Postcode sector
- SA12 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA12 7BU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 August 1997
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA12
- Postcode sector
- SA12 7
- Latitude
- 51.608197
- Longitude
- -3.820971
- British National Grid easting
- 274,000
- British National Grid northing
- 191,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Neath Port Talbot · W06000012
- Electoral ward
- Sandfields West · W05001711
- Parish or community
- W04000625
- Westminster constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg · W07000081
- Output area
- W00005120
- Lower layer super output area
- Neath Port Talbot 016C · W01000961
- Middle layer super output area
- Neath Port Talbot 016 · W02000214
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 SA12
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 14
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 967 m
YGG Rhos-Afan
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
St Therese's Catholic Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.5 km
Baglan Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,172
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 490
- Anti social behaviour 151
- Public order 141
- Shoplifting 114
- Criminal damage and arson 78
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SA12 7 residents
- 8,384
Age bands in SA12 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.9%
1,547 residents
931 residents
2,115 residents
2,191 residents
1,900 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
FAIRFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
FAIRFIELD SURGERY, PORT TALBOT RESOURCE CENTRE, MOOR ROAD, PORT TALBOT, SA12 7BJ
ODS code W98032
830 m
KINGS SURGERY
PRIMARY CARE RESOURCE CENTRE, MOOR ROAD, PORT TALBOT, SA12 7BJ
ODS code W98041
830 m
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
PORT TALBOT RESOURCE CENTRE, MOOR ROAD, NEATH, PORT TALBOT, SA12 7BJ
ODS code W98035
830 m
QUAYS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRITON FERRY HEALTH CENTRE, BRUNEL WAY, BAGLAN ENERGY PARK, BRITON FERRY, NEATH, SA11 2FP
ODS code W98040
1.8 km
WATERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRITON FERRY HEALTH CENTR, BRUNEL WAY, NEATH, SA11 2FP
ODS code W00144
1.8 km
CWMAVON HEALTH CENTRE
PENLLYN, CWMAVON, PORT TALBOT, SA12 9PY
ODS code W98019
4.5 km
MOUNT SURGERY
MARGAM ROAD, PORT TALBOT, SA13 2BN
ODS code W98031
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Sandfields Comprehensive
BCT · Sandfields
- 0.1 miles
Western Avenue Terminus
BCT · Sandfields
- 0.1 miles
Afandale
BCT · Sandfields
- 0.2 miles
Afandale
BCT · Sandfields
- 0.2 miles
Pentre Afan
BCT · Aberavon
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,172 published events cover 12 months, averaging 97.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 490 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.