Total Crime Rate
194.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
133.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ceri Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Townhill , and the 70th highest crime rate of 783 local areas in Swansea .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ceri Road (SA1 6LR) in the last 12 months was 194.8 per 1,000 residents and was 79.9% higher than the Townhill average (108.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 133.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 111.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ceri Road (SA1 6LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elphin Road, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gwynfor Road (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Townhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceri Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elwy Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gwynfor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwynfor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gwent Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwynfor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwynfor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwylfa Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lloyd Thomas Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwylfa Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elphin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gwynfor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elphin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gwynedd Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwent Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwent Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gwent Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ceri Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gwynfor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwynfor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elwy Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townhill Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwylfa Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwylfa Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elwy Gardens | Under investigation |
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