Crime Rates at Severn Crescent, Port Talbot, SA12 6TA

Severn Crescent area has the 15th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 48th highest crime rate of 479 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Severn Crescent (SA12 6TA) in the last 12 months was 172.4 per 1,000 residents and was 23.6% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 79.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Severn Crescent (SA12 6TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Farmfield Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.