Total Crime Rate

71.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 71.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.8 7/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Abbey Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Margam and Tai-bach , and the 219th 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 Abbey Road (SA13 1HA) in the last 12 months was 71.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% lower 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 10 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 ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbey Road (SA13 1HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A48, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near George Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Abbey Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theodore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pen-Y-Cae Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A48 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wyndham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theodore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theodore Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pen-Y-Cae Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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