Crime Rates at Cook Rees Avenue, Neath, SA11 1UR

Cook Rees Avenue area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Neath East , and the 174th highest 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 Cook Rees Avenue (SA11 1UR) in the last 12 months was 78.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.2% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cook Rees Avenue (SA11 1UR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bryn Awel, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burnside (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.