Total Crime Rate

129.0 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 129.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 60.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.1 7/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Gower Road area has the highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Dunvant and Killay , and the 147th 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 Gower Road (SA2 7AL) in the last 12 months was 129.0 per 1,000 residents and was 482.3% higher than the Dunvant and Killay average (22.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gower Road (SA2 7AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Christopher Drive (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gower Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Goetre Fawr Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Goetre Fawr Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Christopher Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyne View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyne View Under investigation
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Data Sources

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