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

Severn Crescent area has the 11th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 29th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Severn Crescent (SA12 6TA) in the last 12 months was 220.7 per 1,000 residents and was 40.8% higher 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 112.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 124.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% 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 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Morrison Court (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.