Total Crime Rate

412.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 412.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 101.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.8 10/10
  • Public order 63.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 53.4 8/10
  • Drugs 29.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.3 10/10
  • Other crime 14.6 10/10
  • Other theft 14.6 9/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Furnace Terrace area has the highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Briton Ferry East , and the 10th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Furnace Terrace (SA11 2EE) in the last 12 months was 412.6 per 1,000 residents and was 273.3% higher 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 165.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Furnace Terrace (SA11 2EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grove Lane (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Furnace Terrace area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Heol Evans Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grove Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grove Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glyn Garfield Close —
Sep 2025Public order Melyn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melyn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Evans Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cuthbertson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melyn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melyn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Howel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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