Total Crime Rate
60.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marshfield Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Neath East , and the 233rd 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 Marshfield Road (SA11 1BD) in the last 12 months was 60.1 per 1,000 residents and was 49.6% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marshfield Road (SA11 1BD), the main crime hotspot is near Eva Street. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Neath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taylor'S Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | School Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockfield Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exchange Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | D C Griffiths Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clifford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eva Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eva Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Eva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Florence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eva Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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