Total Crime Rate
12.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026New Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Coedffranc Central , and the 35th lowest crime rate of 479 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around New Road (SA10 6ET) in the last 12 months was 12.9 per 1,000 residents and was 83.6% lower than the Coedffranc Central average (78.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2023. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2023.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Road (SA10 6ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cwrt-Y-Clafdy, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tabernacle Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Neath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woodland Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tabernacle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Caenant Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tabernacle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tabernacle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Christopher Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cwrt-Y-Clafdy | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cwrt-Y-Clafdy | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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