Crime Rate in Aberdulais, ward

Aberdulais has the 8th lowest crime rate of 34 wards in Neath Port Talbot district and the 2597th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Aberdulais in the last 12 months was 48.7 per 1,000 residents and was 40.1% lower than the Neath Port Talbot district average (81.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Aberdulais’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 83 (≈ 35.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Aberdulais ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Scwd-Yr-Afon. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.