Crime Rate in Rhos, ward

Rhos has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 34 wards in Neath Port Talbot district and the 957th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Rhos in the last 12 months was 31.5 per 1,000 residents and was 61.3% lower than the Neath Port Talbot district average (81.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Rhos’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 22.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Rhos ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near March Hywel, with 10 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Graig Gellinudd (9 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.