Crime Rate in Gorseinon and Penyrheol, ward

Gorseinon and Penyrheol has the 15th highest crime rate of 32 wards in Swansea district and the 3191st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Gorseinon and Penyrheol in the last 12 months was 72.7 per 1,000 residents and was 22.3% lower than the Swansea district average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Gorseinon and Penyrheol’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 330 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 235.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 412 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Gorseinon and Penyrheol ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near B4296, with 49 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around High Street (22 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.