SA12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Port Talbot, Sandfields and Aberavon, in Neath Port Talbot.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SA12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SA12, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SA12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SA12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA12 at a rate of 91.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across the SA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 355 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,250), other crime (598) and anti-social behaviour (515).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA12 was 94.3 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in SA12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA12 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in SA12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neath Port Talbot 014B | 1,877 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Neath Port Talbot 014C | 1,576 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.1% |
| Neath Port Talbot 014D | 1,667 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.9% |
| Neath Port Talbot 014E | 1,156 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 66.4% |
| Neath Port Talbot 015A | 1,807 | 98.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.3% |
| Neath Port Talbot 015B | 1,535 | 17.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Neath Port Talbot 015C | 1,440 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.9% |
| Neath Port Talbot 015D | 1,969 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.0% |
| Neath Port Talbot 016A | 1,319 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.1% |
| Neath Port Talbot 016B | 1,553 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Neath Port Talbot 016C | 1,584 | 100.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Neath Port Talbot 016D | 1,535 | 121.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Neath Port Talbot 016E | 1,856 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Neath Port Talbot 016F | 1,810 | 134.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| Neath Port Talbot 017A | 1,281 | 197.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.2% |
| Neath Port Talbot 017B | 1,452 | 133.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.7% |
| Neath Port Talbot 017C | 1,621 | 135.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| Neath Port Talbot 017D | 1,616 | 150.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Neath Port Talbot 017E | 1,723 | 136.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.4% |
| Neath Port Talbot 017F | 1,772 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.4% |
Your MP
- Stephen KinnockLabourMP for Aberafan Maesteg
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SA124
Postcode sectors in SA124
Council1
Towns in SA122
Postcode districts next to SA122
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SA postcode area2
SA12 in brief
SA12 is a postcode district covering Port Talbot, Sandfields and Aberavon, in Neath Port Talbot.
About 32,937 people lived in SA12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £162,000 in 2025 across 387 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 91.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SA12 was £162,000 in 2025.
SA12 had 32,698 usual residents at the census.
In SA12, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SA12, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.