Crime Statistics for Lower Brynamman, Gwaun-cae-gurwen, Neath Port Talbot, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Lower Brynamman in September 2024. There were a total of 35 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lower Brynamman, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime15
Anti Social Behaviour8
Public Order4
Shoplifting3
Vehicle Crime2
Criminal Damage Arson2
Drugs1
All Crime35

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Lower Brynamman. 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 Lower Brynamman

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Loughor (0.69 miles)59
Brynamman (0.88 miles)52
Lower Brynamman35
Garnant (1.24 miles)32
Upper Brynamman (0.88 miles)28
Tairgwaith (0.88 miles)23
Loughor (1.53 miles)18
Rhosaman (1.96 miles)13
Cwmgors (1.86 miles)9
Twynmynydd (2.55 miles)7

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Where are the most violent places near Lower Brynamman?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Brynamman18
Garnant17
Lower Brynamman15
Loughor12
Tairgwaith12
Upper Brynamman11
Rhosaman8
Cwmgors4
Twynmynydd3

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

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 Lower Brynamman 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 Lower Brynamman compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lower Brynamman and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Lower Brynamman is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Ammanford99
2Ystalyfera97
3Mawr96
4Glanamman96
5Pontamman96
6Garnant96
7Quarter Bach96
8Lower Brynamman96
9Betws95
10Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen95
11Cwmllynfell95

Which road in Lower Brynamman has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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