Total Crime Rate

46.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 46.0 5/10
  • Violent crimes 38.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.5 7/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Channel View area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 181st lowest crime rate of 479 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Channel View (SA12 6JF) in the last 12 months was 46.0 per 1,000 residents and was 67.0% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 65.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Channel View (SA12 6JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heol Bevin, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bevin Avenue (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Channel View area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Tywyn Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Heol Bevin Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jersey Quay —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elfed Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elfed Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Berrylands Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heol Sandown —
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunnybank Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bevin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heol Bevin Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bevin Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Heol Bevin Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heol Bevin —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heol Bevin Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jersey Quay —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heol Bevin Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heol Bevin Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cronin Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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