Total Crime Rate

108.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 56.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.0 9/10
  • Public order 18.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Waun Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Aberdulais , and the 111th 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 Waun Avenue (SA13 3DP) in the last 12 months was 108.5 per 1,000 residents and was 122.8% higher than the Aberdulais average (48.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 56.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waun Avenue (SA13 3DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nursery Road, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Street (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Waun Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lle Canol —
Apr 2026Public order Dunraven Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nursery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nursery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Heol Yr Afon Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nursery Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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