Total Crime Rate
11.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bilton Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Neath East , and the 29th 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 Bilton Road (SA11 1YU) in the last 12 months was 11.2 per 1,000 residents and was 90.6% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bilton Road (SA11 1YU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Orchard Street, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenway Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dudley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Neath Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellfield Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Quar | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Creswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Creswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Creswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Creswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glyn-Y-Coed Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glyn-Y-Coed Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | 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 | Vehicle crime | Maes Y Ffynnon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maes Y Ffynnon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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