Crime Rate in Pontarddulais, ward

Pontarddulais has the 16th lowest crime rate of 32 wards in Swansea district and the 3446th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Pontarddulais in the last 12 months was 58.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.3% lower than the Swansea district average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Pontarddulais’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 179 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 232 (≈ 33.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Pontarddulais ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Church Lane, with 28 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Llys-Gwyn Terrace (17 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.