Total Crime Rate

205.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 205.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.2 10/10
  • Public order 34.2 10/10
  • Other theft 21.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Gors Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Townhill , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 785 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 Gors Avenue (SA1 6RT) in the last 12 months was 205.0 per 1,000 residents and was 85.3% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 175.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 127.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 105.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gors Avenue (SA1 6RT), the main crime hotspot is near Elphin Road. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gors Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwylfa Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Gwynfor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elphin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elphin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elphin Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Gomer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elwy Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ceri Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elphin Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Ceri Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lloyd Thomas Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ceri Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ceri Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goronwy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwynfor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ceri Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Elphin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gwylfa Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lee Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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