Total Crime Rate

96.3 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 96.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lingfield Avenue area has the 30th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 136th 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 Lingfield Avenue (SA12 6QA) in the last 12 months was 96.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 63.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lingfield Avenue (SA12 6QA), the main crime hotspot is near Morrison Court. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lingfield Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Farmfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farmfield Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acacia Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Acacia Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Acacia Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Afan Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lorraine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Farmfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ffordd Ysgol Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farmfield Avenue —
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Data Sources

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