Total Crime Rate

245.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 245.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 68.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.0 9/10
  • Other theft 45.9 10/10
  • Public order 26.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.0 9/10
  • Burglary 16.4 10/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Knox Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Margam and Tai-bach , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 477 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 Knox Street (SA13 2DP) in the last 12 months was 245.9 per 1,000 residents and was 173.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -46.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 85.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knox Street (SA13 2DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Byass Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Margam and Tai-bach

Crime Over Time in Knox Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Min-Y-Don Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Min-Y-Don Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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