Total Crime Rate

926.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 926.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 412.5 10/10
  • Public order 128.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 101.2 10/10
  • Other theft 73.9 10/10
  • Drugs 54.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 50.6 10/10
  • Other crime 27.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 23.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.4 10/10
  • Burglary 15.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • 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

Grove Place area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Margam and Tai-bach , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grove Place (SA13 1EZ) in the last 12 months was 926.1 per 1,000 residents and was 928.5% higher than the Margam and Tai-bach average (90.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 106 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -64.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 142 (≈ 552.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grove Place (SA13 1EZ), the main crime hotspot is near Port Talbot Parkway. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Margam and Tai-bach

Crime Over Time in Grove Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtland Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtland Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eagle Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakwood Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beverley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Port Talbot Parkway Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Port Talbot Parkway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtland Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtland Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glan Afan Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forge Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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