Total Crime Rate

177.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 177.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.9 10/10
  • Public order 29.5 10/10
  • Other theft 14.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Shoplifting 7.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Station Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Margam and Tai-bach , and the 45th 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 Station Road (SA13 1JR) in the last 12 months was 177.1 per 1,000 residents and was 96.7% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 114.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Station Road (SA13 1JR), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Station Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Port Talbot Parkway Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakwood Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Port Talbot Parkway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtland Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtland Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtland Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtland Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beverley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glan Afan Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eagle Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation

Data Sources

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