Total Crime Rate

148.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 148.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.4 9/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other crime 7.6 9/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bwlch Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Neath East , and the 63rd 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 Bwlch Road (SA11 3RW) in the last 12 months was 148.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% higher than the Neath East average (122.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 87.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bwlch Road (SA11 3RW), 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 Bwlch Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Oaks Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oak Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Pandy View Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crynallt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bwlch Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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