Total Crime Rate

89.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.7 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 89.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 57.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.6 8/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Penhydd Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Aberdulais , and the 143rd 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 Penhydd Road (SA13 3RD) in the last 12 months was 89.7 per 1,000 residents and was 84.3% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 57.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penhydd Road (SA13 3RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sunny Crescent, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairfield Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Penhydd Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brynheulog Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Brynheulog Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heol Syr William —
Apr 2026Public order Heol Syr William Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heol Syr William Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunny Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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