Crime Statistics for Afan, Pontrhydyfen, Neath Port Talbot, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Afan in October 2024. There were a total of 7 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Afan, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	3
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Public Order	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	7

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Afan. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Afan

We've taken the ten nearest places to Afan and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Afan has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Caerhendy (2.29 miles)	101
Cwmafan (1.42 miles)	48
Brynbryddan (1.86 miles)	24
Gelli-gaer (2.11 miles)	12
Cwm (0.39 miles)	8
Afan	7
Pontrhydyfen (0.28 miles)	7
Bryn (1.49 miles)	4
Tonmawr (1.42 miles)	3
Efail-fach (1.14 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Afan?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Afan and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Cwmafan	52
Caerhendy	32
Brynbryddan	11
Gelli-gaer	4
Cwm	4
Afan	3
Pontrhydyfen	3
Bryn	2
Efail-fach	2
Tonmawr	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Afan?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Afan to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Afan compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Afan and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Afan is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Aberavon	98
2	Port Talbot	98
3	Neath East	98
4	Neath North	97
5	Tai-bach	97
6	Briton Ferry East	97
7	Neath South	97
8	Bryn and Cwmavon	96
9	Baglan	95
10	Cimla	95
11	Pelenna	95

Which road in Afan has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Afan with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.