Total Crime Rate
120.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Talbot Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Margam and Tai-bach , and the 94th highest crime rate of 479 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 Talbot Road (SA13 1HU) in the last 12 months was 120.6 per 1,000 residents and was 33.3% higher than the Margam and Tai-bach average (90.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 68.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Talbot Road (SA13 1HU), the main crime hotspot is near Port Talbot Parkway. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Port Talbot| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A48 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grove Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Port Talbot Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwood Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Talcennau Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tan-Y-Groes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rice Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
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