Total Crime Rate

100.4 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 100.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.6 6/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Other crime 8.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 3/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • 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
  • 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

Waun Wen area has the 4th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bryn and Cwmavon , and the 127th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waun Wen (SA12 9TB) in the last 12 months was 100.4 per 1,000 residents and was 85.2% higher than the Bryn and Cwmavon average (54.2 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 75.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waun Wen (SA12 9TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol-Jiwbili (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waun Wen area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railmill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol Camlas —
Sep 2025Public order Heol-Jiwbili Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol-Jiwbili Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Heol-Jiwbili Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Waun Wen Under investigation
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Data Sources

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