Total Crime Rate

122.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.2 9/10
  • Public order 17.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Townhill Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Townhill , and the 166th highest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Townhill Road (SA1 6PB) in the last 12 months was 122.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.2% higher than the Townhill average (110.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Townhill Road (SA1 6PB), the main crime hotspot is near Mayhill Gardens. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Townhill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayhill Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alun Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Creidiol Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tegid Road
Sep 2025Public order Mayhill Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Creidiol Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mayhill Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayhill Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Tan Y Marian Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emlyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Branwen Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waun-Wen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teilo Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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