Total Crime Rate

128.2 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 128.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pentyla Baglan Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Baglan , and the 84th 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 Pentyla Baglan Road (SA12 8DS) in the last 12 months was 128.2 per 1,000 residents and was 154.8% higher than the Baglan average (50.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 96.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pentyla Baglan Road (SA12 8DS), the main crime hotspot is near Newton Avenue. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pentyla Baglan Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nobel Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladys Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladys Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lister Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellfield Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lister Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newton Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nobel Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nobel Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nobel Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newton Avenue —
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Data Sources

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