Crime Rates at Bertha Place, Port Talbot, SA13 2AP

Bertha Place area has the 9th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Margam and Tai-bach , and the 85th 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 Bertha Place (SA13 2AP) in the last 12 months was 128.4 per 1,000 residents and was 42.0% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 82.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bertha Place (SA13 2AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brombil Paddocks (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.