Total Crime Rate

83.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 83.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.6 6/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • 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

Oak Grove area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Cimla and Pelenna , and the 176th 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 Oak Grove (SA11 3RA) in the last 12 months was 83.1 per 1,000 residents and was 77.4% higher than the Cimla and Pelenna average (46.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -46.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oak Grove (SA11 3RA), the main crime hotspot is near Lime Grove. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Oak Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Pandy View Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oak Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crynallt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Oaks Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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