Crime Rates at Wellfield Avenue, Neath, SA11 1AX

Wellfield Avenue area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Neath East , and the 29th lowest crime rate of 479 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellfield Avenue (SA11 1AX) in the last 12 months was 11.2 per 1,000 residents and was 90.6% lower than the Neath East average (119.2 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 Violence and sexual offences with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellfield Avenue (SA11 1AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Greenway Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burnside (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.