Total Crime Rate

145.0 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 145.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 68.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Gower Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Sketty , and the 121st 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 9BR) in the last 12 months was 145.0 per 1,000 residents and was 193.0% higher than the Sketty average (49.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1063.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gower Road (SA2 9BR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A4118, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (8 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 (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting A4118 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Lon Iorwg Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kimberley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kimberley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Carnglas Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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