Total Crime Rate

521.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

94.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 521.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 342.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 94.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.1 9/10
  • Public order 31.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Robbery 10.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.5 8/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Commercial Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Margam and Tai-bach , and the 5th highest crime rate of 479 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 Commercial Road (SA13 1LR) in the last 12 months was 521.1 per 1,000 residents and was 476.3% 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 Shoplifting with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 94.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (SA13 1LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol-Yr-Orsedd (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Caradog Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Incline Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Alma Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Heol-Yr-Orsedd Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Constant Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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