Total Crime Rate

81.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 81.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 54.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.1 7/10
  • Public order 15.1 9/10
  • Other crime 6.0 8/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cedar Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Neath East , and the 162nd highest crime rate of 479 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cedar Road (SA11 3AE) in the last 12 months was 81.3 per 1,000 residents and was 31.8% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 160.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cedar Road (SA11 3AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Greenway Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B4434 (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cedar Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Wellfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rookwood Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glyn-Y-Coed Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glyn-Y-Coed Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order B4434 Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellfield Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4434 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4434 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eastland Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Creswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Creswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Creswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Creswell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Forster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rookwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Heol Parc Y Gnoll Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heol Parc Y Gnoll Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenway Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fairfield Way
Apr 2026Public order Greenway Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Fairfield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Fairfield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Fairfield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Neath Bus Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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