Welsh principal area · W06000013 · Wales
Bridgend
Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
Outstanding borrowing is the MHCLG live-table stock, not a press figure. Crime is police-recorded and mapped from Community Safety Partnership areas. Political control is the 2026 Open Council Data composition snapshot. Welsh principal areas use the same official England-and-Wales tables (Country WAL / ONS W06).
Total outstanding borrowing
£92.6m
£92,578,000
Debt per resident
£630
Using mid-2025 population of 146,986
Population
146,986
ONS mid-year estimate
Recorded crime rate
70.1 per 1,000
10,342 offences, year to March 2026
Borrowing
Bridgend reported £92,578,000 of outstanding borrowing as at 30 June 2026. That is total outstanding borrowing (all sources, including loans from other local authorities). About £630 per resident.
Figures converted from £ thousand as published. This is a stock of outstanding borrowing, not the annual deficit.
Source: MHCLG — Borrowing and investment live table, Q1 2026 to 2027. As of 30 Jun 2026 · Q1 2026–27 (as at 30 June 2026).
Population
146,986 usual residents at mid-2025, on 2023 local authority boundaries.
Source: ONS — Estimates of the population for England and Wales, mid-2025. As of 30 Jun 2025 · Mid-2025 (2023 local authority boundaries).
Recorded crime
10,342 police-recorded offences excluding fraud, a rate of 70.1 per 1,000.
Police force / area: South Wales.
Community Safety Partnership: Bridgend.
Police recorded crime excluding fraud, CSP area “Bridgend” (South Wales Police).
Source: ONS / Home Office — Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area data tables (Tables C2 and C4). As of 31 Mar 2026 · Year ending March 2026.
Who runs the council
Labour majority on a council of 51 seats.
- Labour 26
- Conservative 0
- Liberal Democrats 0
- Plaid Cymru 1
- Green 0
- Reform UK 0
- Other 24
Open Council Data is a curated compilation of published council compositions, not an official government statistical release. Plaid Cymru seats use the OCD `pc` column.
Source: Open Council Data UK — GB council compositions 2016–2026. As of 1 May 2026 · 2026 composition snapshot (shortly after the May local elections / by-elections).
Last local election / current composition
Labour majority; 51 seats (Lab 26, Con 0, LD 0, Plaid 1, Green 0, Reform 0, other 24)
Next scheduled local election (from the councillor file): 6 May 2027. Election calendar
Next UK general election: not yet set. National and mayoral dates: Election calendar.
Source: Open Council Data UK council compositions and councillor file, 2026. As of 1 May 2026.
2024 general election in this area
Labour won 3 of 3 overlapping constituency/constituencies. Parliamentary constituencies do not match council boundaries exactly.
- Labour45.6% · 51,472 votes
- Reform UK21.9% · 24,733 votes
- Plaid Cymru12.0% · 13,546 votes
- Conservative10.4% · 11,717 votes
- Green3.6% · 4,031 votes
Indicative sum of votes in overlapping constituencies. Some constituencies cross local authority boundaries, so this is not a precise LA result.
3 overlapping constituencies
- Aberafan Maesteg: Labour — Stephen Kinnock
- Bridgend: Labour — Chris Elmore
- Rhondda and Ogmore: Labour — Chris Bryant
Source: House of Commons Library — General election 2024 results (CBP-10009). As of 4 Jul 2024.
Council tax (Band D)
Full rankings- Area Band D
- £2,477.99
- £ change
- +£120.36
- % change
- +5.11%
- Rank
- 4 of 22financial year 2026 to 2027
Overall average Band D for a two-adult dwelling in this Welsh principal area, including the county/county borough, community council and police precepts. Ranked 4 of 22 in Wales for 2026-27.
Source: Welsh Government — Council Tax levels: April 2026 to March 2027 (Tables 1–2 overall Band D and official £ / % change). As of 24 Mar 2026 · financial year 2026 to 2027.
Explain this numberWales overall Band D
The Welsh Government overall average Band D for a two-adult dwelling in this principal area — the county or county borough plus community council and police precepts.
- Not average council tax per dwelling (a separate column in the same release), and not the amount every household pays (Wales bands A–I are fixed fractions of Band D).
- Year-on-year £ and % are the published Overall increase columns. Missing values stay unavailable — we do not invent them.
- Ranked among Wales’s 22 principal areas only. MHCLG England area Band D is a different collection.
Source: Welsh Government — Council Tax levels: April 2026 to March 2027 (Tables 1–2 overall Band D and official £ / % change). As of 24 Mar 2026 · financial year 2026 to 2027.
MPs covering this area
Parliamentary constituencies from the House of Commons Library GE 2024 results that overlap this council (ONS lookup). Sitting MPs are joined from the committed Members API snapshot — usually by constituency name. ONS constituency codes are shown for the seat; the Members API has no ONS codes, so a code-level join is not available. Name-only joins are labelled.
- Matched on constituency name
Aberafan Maesteg
W07000081 · GE 2024: Labour — Stephen Kinnock
LabourRMFI entries in latest register: 3
Recent stored division: voted Aye on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading (11 Sept 2026).
- Matched on constituency name
Bridgend
W07000086 · GE 2024: Labour — Chris Elmore
LabourRMFI entries in latest register: 3
Recent stored division: voted No vote recorded on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading (11 Sept 2026).
- Matched on constituency name
Rhondda and Ogmore
W07000107 · GE 2024: Labour — Chris Bryant
LabourRMFI entries in latest register: 13
Recent stored division: voted No vote recorded on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading (11 Sept 2026).
Source: House of Commons Library — General election 2024 results (CBP-10009). As of 4 Jul 2024.
Source: UK Parliament Members API (committed snapshot). As of 13 Sept 2026.