Total Crime Rate
60.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Arthur Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Neath East , and the 238th 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 Arthur Street (SA11 1HP) in the last 12 months was 60.8 per 1,000 residents and was 49.0% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 46.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arthur Street (SA11 1HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Green Street, where police recorded 71 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Orchard Street | 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 | Green Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dudley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summerfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summerfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Neath Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Summerfield Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eva Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Maes Y Ffynnon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Quar | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eva Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Eva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eva Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Creswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glyn-Y-Coed Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glyn-Y-Coed Road | Under investigation |
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