Crime Rates at Shopping Centre, Port Talbot, SA12 6TH

Shopping Centre area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 100th highest crime rate of 479 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shopping Centre (SA12 6TH) in the last 12 months was 117.9 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 76.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shopping Centre (SA12 6TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Acacia Avenue, where police recorded 32 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.