Total Crime Rate

118.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 118.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 39.3 10/10
  • Public order 22.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.9 7/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Other crime 11.2 10/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Office Row area has the 8th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera , and the 99th highest crime rate of 477 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 Office Row (SA9 2EE) in the last 12 months was 118.0 per 1,000 residents and was 58.1% higher than the Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera average (74.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 28.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Office Row (SA9 2EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ffordd Emlyn, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Varteg Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera

Crime Over Time in Office Row area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ffordd Emlyn Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cyfyng Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wembley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glan Yr Afon Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ffordd Emlyn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ffordd Emlyn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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