Crime Rate in Pontarddulais, ward

Pontarddulais has the 16th lowest crime rate of 32 wards in Swansea district and the 3495th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Pontarddulais in the last 12 months was 68.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.8% lower than the Swansea district average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Pontarddulais’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 195 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 260 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Pontarddulais ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Church Lane. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.