Total Crime Rate

130.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

70.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 130.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 70.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.3 7/10
  • Public order 33.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Drugs 7.5 7/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Creswell Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Neath East , and the 81st highest 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 Creswell Road (SA11 1HE) in the last 12 months was 130.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.6% higher than the Neath East average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 70.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Creswell Road (SA11 1HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Summerfield Place (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Creswell Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/58)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eastland Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Orchard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summerfield Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dudley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Old Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Market Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Green Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Green Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Green Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Green Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wellfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maes Y Ffynnon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Maes Y Ffynnon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4434 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Orchard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summerfield Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Creswell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellfield Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glyn-Y-Coed Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glyn-Y-Coed Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Creswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Creswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Creswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenway Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Greenway Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Neath Bus Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Forster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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