Crime Rates at Silver Avenue, Port Talbot, SA12 7RU

Silver Avenue area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Aberavon , and the 156th highest crime rate of 477 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 Silver Avenue (SA12 7RU) in the last 12 months was 88.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.3% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -81.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Silver Avenue (SA12 7RU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Silver Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Traethmelyn (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.