Pencoed

What is it like to live in Pencoed?

Homes sold for a typical £237,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 8% on the 12 months before. At 164 of the 177 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Pencoed, 250 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Pencoed?

Homes in Pencoed sold for a typical £237,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 112 sales, up 8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

Across the whole CF35 district, Pencoed's main postcode district: a typical £264,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Pencoed: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Pencoed?

6 of the 177 postcodes now in use in Pencoed came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 123 homes sold in Pencoed were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CF35 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Pencoed?

Ofcom reports on 177 of the 177 postcodes in Pencoed. At 164 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How far is the station from Pencoed?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Pencoed is Pencoed Rail Station, 250 m away in a straight line.

• Pencoed Rail Station Railway station 250 mWalk
• Llanharan Rail Station Railway station 4.6 kmCycle
• Wildmill Rail Station Railway station 5.3 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Pencoed?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Pencoed. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

• The New Surgery100 mPhone 01656 860343
• The Medical Centre450 mPhone 01656 867900

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Pencoed safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 566 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Pencoed over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Also: burglary 11, drugs 7, possession of weapons 2, bicycle theft 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Pencoed?

Councils

Bridgend (176) and Rhondda Cynon Taf (1)

Parliamentary constituencies

Bridgend (176) and Pontypridd (1)

Police force area

South Wales

Country

Wales

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources