Crime Rate in Mumbles, ward

Mumbles has the 10th lowest crime rate of 32 wards in Swansea district and the 1657th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Mumbles in the last 12 months was 39.1 per 1,000 residents and was 56.1% lower than the Swansea district average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Mumbles’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 137 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 169 (≈ 20.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Mumbles ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Limeslade Drive. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.