Total Crime Rate

84.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Neath Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Briton Ferry East , and the 169th highest crime rate of 477 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 Neath Road (SA11 2BJ) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.5% lower than the Briton Ferry East average (110.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 56.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Neath Road (SA11 2BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Neath Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neath Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Neath Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stryd Caroline Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexander Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Burglary Middleton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Stryd Grandison Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stryd Hoo Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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