Total Crime Rate

76.6 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 76.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.5 6/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • 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
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

Channel View area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 198th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Channel View (SA12 6JF) in the last 12 months was 76.6 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% lower than the Aberavon average (156.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 53.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 134.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Channel View (SA12 6JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jersey Quay, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bevin Avenue (25 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 (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jersey Quay Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Bevin Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Bevin Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Heol Bevin Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeyville Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heol Romney Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Moorland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moorland Road —
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Data Sources

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