Total Crime Rate

104.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.2 9/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Church Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Briton Ferry East , and the 120th highest crime rate of 477 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 Church Street (SA11 2JD) in the last 12 months was 104.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (SA11 2JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bethel Street, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Regent Street West (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shelone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Villiers Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Railway Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Villiers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Villiers Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bethel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herne Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft St Mary'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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