Total Crime Rate

70.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 70.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Wheatley Avenue area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 223rd 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 Wheatley Avenue (SA12 6PL) in the last 12 months was 70.7 per 1,000 residents and was 54.9% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 49.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wheatley Avenue (SA12 6PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Adare Street, where police recorded 21 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wheatley Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St David'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seabrook Place —
Sep 2025Public order Ruskin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvey Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stair Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ruskin Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order The Mews Under investigation
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Data Sources

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