Total Crime Rate
4.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellfield Avenue area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Neath East , and the 7th 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 1EX) in the last 12 months was 4.3 per 1,000 residents and was 96.4% lower than the Neath East average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Wellfield Avenue (SA11 1EX), 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 | Vehicle crime | Maes Y Ffynnon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Quar | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dalton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eva Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dalton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maes Y Ffynnon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wallace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wallace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wallace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Eva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eva Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eva Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jenkins Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bryn Y Broch | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bryn Y Broch | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bryn Y Broch | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellfield Square | Under investigation |
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