Total Crime Rate

111.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 111.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 74.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Western Avenue area has the 26th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 109th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Western Avenue (SA12 7ND) in the last 12 months was 111.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.9% lower than the Aberavon average (156.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Western Avenue (SA12 7ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Asaph Drive, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gordon Crescent (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Western Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime South Cross Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ocean Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dolphin Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dolphin Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dolphin Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amber Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sepia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cae Morfa Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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