Crime Statistics for Margam, Neath Port Talbot, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Margam in August 2024. There were a total of 25 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 Margam, 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	13
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Public Order	3
Bicycle Theft	2
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Shoplifting	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	25

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Corlannau (2.24 miles)	199
Aberavon (2.63 miles)	190
Pantdu (2.56 miles)	153
Sandfields (3.1 miles)	142
Caerhendy (2.56 miles)	122
Taibach (1.39 miles)	119
Port Talbot (2.24 miles)	108
Goytre (1.24 miles)	82
Brombil (0.62 miles)	26
Margam	25

Where are the most violent places near Margam?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Corlannau	75
Aberavon	66
Pantdu	60
Port Talbot	42
Sandfields	41
Caerhendy	38
Taibach	35
Goytre	29
Brombil	14
Margam	13

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

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 Margam 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 Margam compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Margam and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Margam is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Aberavon	98
2	Margam	98
3	Port Talbot	98
4	Briton Ferry West	98
5	Sandfields East	98
6	Sandfields West	97
7	Tai-bach	97
8	Pyle	97
9	Aberkenfig	96
10	Bryn and Cwmavon	96
11	Baglan	95

Which road in Margam has the highest level of crime?

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