Total Crime Rate
58.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bracken Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Margam and Tai-bach , and the 218th lowest crime rate of 477 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bracken Road (SA13 2AU) in the last 12 months was 58.1 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% lower 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 Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bracken Road (SA13 2AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bertha Road (12 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 | Other crime | Brombil Paddocks | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brombil Paddocks | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brombil Paddocks | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brombil Paddocks | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bertha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bertha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morlais Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morlais Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Tyfry | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Rhedyn | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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