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Blaenau Gwent
Local Authority · Wales · population ~70k
Low council tax and housing costs come at the price of high crime and poor pay. Blaenau Gwent offers the lowest house prices in the region at £140,000, a multiple of just 3.8 times annual pay, and rents are also low at 21.7% of gross earnings. However, weekly pay is at the bottom of the Welsh league, £711.20, barely at the median, and recorded crime is the highest in Wales at 114.6 per 1,000. This suits those prioritising affordability and lower living costs over career prospects and a safer environment.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Blaenau Gwent ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,982/yr
Low
Worse than 74% of UK LAs
House price
£140,000
Most affordable
Better than 97% of UK LAs
Rent
£668/mo
Most affordable
Better than 95% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,531/yr
Expensive
Worse than 76% of UK LAs
Crime
114.6/1k
Highest
Worse than 94% of UK LAs
Deprivation
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no data
Schools
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no data
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools data
School quality is published by the Estyn regulator, which uses a methodology distinct from England's Ofsted. We don't synthesise a Wales schools list here — for current ratings of schools in Blaenau Gwent, see the official Estyn site.
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