Crime Rate in Neath South, ward

Neath South has the 9th highest crime rate of 34 wards in Neath Port Talbot district and the 2370th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Neath South in the last 12 months was 84.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.4% higher than the Neath Port Talbot district average (81.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Neath South’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 190 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 23.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 250 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Neath South ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Bryn Awel, with 42 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Burnside (22 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.