Crime Statistics for Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Port Talbot in August 2024. There were a total of 126 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 Port Talbot, 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	42
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Public Order	14
Shoplifting	8
Other Crime	6
Burglary	6
Other Theft	4
Theft From The Person	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	126

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 Port Talbot. 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 Port Talbot

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Corlannau (0.88 miles)	199
Aberavon (0.62 miles)	190
Pantdu (1.75 miles)	153
Sandfields (0.88 miles)	142
Caerhendy (1.75 miles)	122
Taibach (1.24 miles)	119
Port Talbot	108
Baglan (1.86 miles)	87
Goytre (1.86 miles)	82
Margam (2.24 miles)	25

Where are the most violent places near Port Talbot?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Port Talbot 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
Baglan	38
Taibach	35
Goytre	29
Margam	13

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

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 Port Talbot 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 Port Talbot compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Port Talbot and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Port Talbot is ranked #5.

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

Which road in Port Talbot has the highest level of crime?

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