Total Crime Rate

43.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 43.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.9 5/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Village Gardens area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 168th lowest crime rate of 477 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 Village Gardens (SA12 7LR) in the last 12 months was 43.5 per 1,000 residents and was 72.3% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Village Gardens (SA12 7LR), the main crime hotspot is near Afandale. Police recorded 47 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 Village Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Afandale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pentre Afan Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Afandale Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Afandale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Afandale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Afandale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Afandale Under investigation
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Data Sources

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