Crime Rate in Port Talbot, ward

Port Talbot has the 5th highest crime rate of 34 wards in Neath Port Talbot district and the 1392nd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Port Talbot in the last 12 months was 108.2 per 1,000 residents and was 33.2% higher than the Neath Port Talbot district average (81.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Port Talbot’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 235 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 340 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Port Talbot ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 100 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Port Talbot Parkway (42 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.