Crime Rate in Townhill, ward

Townhill has the 3rd highest crime rate of 32 wards in Swansea district and the 1390th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Townhill in the last 12 months was 108.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% higher than the Swansea district average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Townhill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 449 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 597 (≈ 66.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Townhill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Elphin Road, with 63 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Gwynfor Road (41 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.