Crime Rate in Neath East, ward

Neath East has the 3rd highest crime rate of 34 wards in Neath Port Talbot district and the 1115th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Neath East in the last 12 months was 119.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.7% higher than the Neath Port Talbot district average (81.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Neath East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 339 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 443 (≈ 72.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Neath East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Eva Street, with 47 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Charles Street (26 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.