Total Crime Rate

75.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 75.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.7 7/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Other crime 7.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.2 3/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Seaward Close area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 201st highest 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 Seaward Close (SA12 7LU) in the last 12 months was 75.9 per 1,000 residents and was 51.6% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 52.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 81.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Seaward Close (SA12 7LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Owen'S Place (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Seaward Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gol Wg-Y-Mor Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gol Wg-Y-Mor Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gol Wg-Y-Mor Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cresawnt Hafren —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gol Wg-Y-Mor —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Rhodfa Tuar Mor Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sea Breeze Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gol Wg-Y-Mor —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Farm Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime South Cross Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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