Total Crime Rate
10.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kendle Drive area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Sketty , and the 55th lowest crime rate of 783 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 Kendle Drive (SA2 9LX) in the last 12 months was 10.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.5% lower than the Sketty average (48.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kendle Drive (SA2 9LX), the main crime hotspot is near Awel Y Mor. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sketty| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pant-Yr-Odyn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Harlech Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Awel Y Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Awel Y Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Awel Y Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Awel Y Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Awel Y Mor | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Awel Y Mor | Awaiting court outcome |
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