Crime Rate in Pontlliw and Tircoed, ward

Pontlliw and Tircoed has the 8th lowest crime rate of 32 wards in Swansea district and the 893rd lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Pontlliw and Tircoed in the last 12 months was 30.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.6% lower than the Swansea district average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Pontlliw and Tircoed’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Pontlliw and Tircoed ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Rhyd-Y-Pandy Road. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.