Total Crime Rate
91.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Adare Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 138th highest crime rate of 479 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 Adare Street (SA12 6QF) in the last 12 months was 91.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 67.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Adare Street (SA12 6QF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stair 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.
View Crime In Port Talbot| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seabrook Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Glyn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendarvis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stair Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Addison Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Frederick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heol Sant Paul | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seabrook Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glyn Street | — |
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