Total Crime Rate

60.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

46.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 60.7 6/10
  • Violent crimes 46.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Border Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 237th lowest crime rate of 479 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Border Road (SA12 7EE) in the last 12 months was 60.7 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 175.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 160.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Border Road (SA12 7EE), the main crime hotspot is near Afandale. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Border Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Heol Southdown Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Daffodil Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Asaph Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Asaph Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aster View Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Iris Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Afandale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southville Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Daffodil Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cae Morfa Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Border Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poppy Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences White Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchid Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dahlia Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchid Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Rhodfa Gwifr Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cae Morfa Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aster View Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd Deg Under investigation
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Data Sources

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