Crime Rates at Newbridge Road, Port Talbot, SA12 6BU

Newbridge Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 115th 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 Newbridge Road (SA12 6BU) in the last 12 months was 105.7 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% lower than the Aberavon average (139.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 83.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newbridge Road (SA12 6BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Adare Street, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ruskin Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.