Crime Rate in Neath East, ward

Neath East has the 3rd highest crime rate of 34 wards in Neath Port Talbot district and the 1080th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Neath East in the last 12 months was 122.3 per 1,000 residents and was 46.6% higher than the Neath Port Talbot district average (83.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Neath East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 319 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -52.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 417 (≈ 68.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Neath East ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Eva Street. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.