Total Crime Rate

18.8 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 18.8 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Brombil Gardens area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Margam and Tai-bach , and the 54th lowest crime rate of 477 local areas in Neath Port Talbot .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brombil Gardens (SA13 2AX) in the last 12 months was 18.8 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brombil Gardens (SA13 2AX), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Brombil Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Brombil Paddocks Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brombil Paddocks Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brombil Paddocks Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brombil Paddocks Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bertha Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bertha Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morlais Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morlais Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Tyfry Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Rhedyn Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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