Total Crime Rate

51.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 51.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.9 7/10
  • Public order 12.0 8/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Down Leaze area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cockett , and the 359th lowest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Down Leaze (SA2 0GQ) in the last 12 months was 51.8 per 1,000 residents and was 54.2% lower than the Cockett average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Down Leaze (SA2 0GQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cockett Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pen Y Cwm (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Down Leaze area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pen Y Cwm Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Pen Y Cwm Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cockett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cockett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cockett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour John Street —
Sep 2025Public order John Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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