LON PENNANT, NP12 0BH House Prices & Local Information

NP12 0BH is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Lon Pennant, 0.3km from Gelli, Cwm in Blackwood. Administratively it sits within Blackwood ward and the Islwyn constituency.

This is a strong family neighbourhood — a spacious suburb popular with older working households approaching retirement. During the day, includes some mining and quarrying and other industrial activity. This is a settled, family-oriented neighbourhood (average age 50) — stable, lower-turnover, predominantly owner-occupied. 86% of properties are owner-occupied — a strong indicator of neighbourhood stability and long-term community investment.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 4 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for NP12 0BH are sourced from Output Area W00007073 (shared with 44 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.