Total Crime Rate
103.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Waterfall Cottages area has the 12th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Margam and Tai-bach , and the 124th highest crime rate of 477 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 Waterfall Cottages (SA13 1TS) in the last 12 months was 103.1 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waterfall Cottages (SA13 1TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol-Yr-Orsedd (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Margam and Tai-bach| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Inkerman Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | South Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol-Yr-Orsedd | Under investigation |
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