Total Crime Rate

13.6 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 13.6 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Old Road area has the lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Briton Ferry East , and the 31st lowest crime rate of 477 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 Old Road (SA11 2EU) in the last 12 months was 13.6 per 1,000 residents and was 87.7% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Road (SA11 2EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexander Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tucker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tucker Street —
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Data Sources

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