Total Crime Rate
8.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mayals Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Bishopston , and the 28th lowest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mayals Avenue (SA3 5DD) in the last 12 months was 8.3 per 1,000 residents and was 63.6% lower than the Bishopston average (22.7 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 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mayals Avenue (SA3 5DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mumbles Road, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heneage Drive (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bishopston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heneage Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambleside Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mumbles Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mumbles Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mumbles Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mumbles Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Mumbles Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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