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Crime · Neath
Reported crime in Neath
2,362 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 128 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,362
Rate / 1,000
128
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,013 | 43% |
| Anti social behaviour | 372 | 16% |
| Public order | 301 | 13% |
| Shoplifting | 165 | 7% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 151 | 6% |
| Other theft | 111 | 5% |
| Drugs | 83 | 4% |
| Other crime | 58 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 35 | 1% |
| Burglary | 30 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 18 | 1% |
| Robbery | 12 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 7 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 6 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 78 | 72 | 81 | 99 | 94 | 99 | 68 | 70 | 89 | 74 | 93 | 96 | 1013 |
| Anti social behaviour | 60 | 49 | 19 | 30 | 24 | 17 | 30 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 42 | 31 | 372 |
| Public order | 20 | 30 | 24 | 31 | 21 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 301 |
| Shoplifting | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 15 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 165 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 15 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 151 |
| Other theft | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 111 |
| Drugs | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 83 |
| Other crime | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 58 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 35 |
| Burglary | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 30 | |
| Possession of weapons | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Theft from the person | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| Total | 215 | 195 | 180 | 208 | 194 | 176 | 168 | 186 | 199 | 205 | 232 | 204 | 2362 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Neath, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 18,428.