Total Crime Rate
138.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Foundry Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Neath East , and the 71st highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Foundry Road (SA11 1TE) in the last 12 months was 138.7 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% higher than the Neath East average (122.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Foundry Road (SA11 1TE), the main crime hotspot is near Meadow Road. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Neath East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Exchange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heol Quar | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briton Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briton Ferry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Briton Ferry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Briton Ferry Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Burrows Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrows Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrows Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Marshfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | School Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pentwyn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | School Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Foundry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dalton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edward Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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