Total Crime Rate

87.2 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 87.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.9 8/10
  • Public order 22.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Sandown Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 477 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 Sandown Road (SA12 6PT) in the last 12 months was 87.2 per 1,000 residents and was 44.4% lower than the Aberavon average (156.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandown Road (SA12 6PT), the main crime hotspot is near Cwrt Morfa Afan. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sandown Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ffordd Ysgol Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St David'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Moorland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dalton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Dalton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heol Romney Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeyville Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cwrt Morfa Afan Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moorland Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeyville Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Abbeyville Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seabrook Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lorraine Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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