Total Crime Rate

150.5 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 150.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Swansea Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Bigyn , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 595 local areas in Carmarthenshire .

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 Swansea Road (SA15 3EQ) in the last 12 months was 150.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.7% higher than the Bigyn average (141.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 180.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 100.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swansea Road (SA15 3EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bryntirion, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bryndulais Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Swansea Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bryntirion Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penallt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penygaer Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penallt Terrace Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cae Cotton Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cae Cotton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bryndulais Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bryndulais Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brynamlwg Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bryntirion Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bryntirion Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clos Yr Ysgol Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Swansea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Nant-Y-Felin Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Nant-Y-Felin Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heol Nant-Y-Felin Under investigation
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Data Sources

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