Total Crime Rate
133.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Neath East , and the 76th highest crime rate of 479 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Road (SA11 2BS) in the last 12 months was 133.1 per 1,000 residents and was 11.6% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 76.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Road (SA11 2BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rockfield Terrace, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dalton Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clifford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockfield Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exchange Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taylor'S Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | D C Griffiths Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foundry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Foundry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Foundry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Foundry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dalton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | School Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Quar | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dalton Road | Under investigation |
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