Crime Rate in Fairwood, ward

Fairwood has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 32 wards in Swansea district and the 386th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Fairwood in the last 12 months was 22.3 per 1,000 residents and was 74.9% lower than the Swansea district average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Fairwood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 14.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Fairwood ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Edgemoor Close, with 9 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Coed Lan (6 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.