Total Crime Rate
128.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cimla Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Neath East , and the 84th highest crime rate of 479 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cimla Road (SA11 3PP) in the last 12 months was 128.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% higher than the Neath East average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cimla Road (SA11 3PP), 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.
View Crime In Neath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Maes Y Ffynnon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4434 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Creswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Creswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Creswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Creswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellfield Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glyn-Y-Coed Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Neath Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glyn-Y-Coed Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4434 | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4434 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maes Y Ffynnon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rookwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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