Total Crime Rate
26.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Moorside Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Mumbles , and the 198th lowest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Moorside Road (SA3 5EY) in the last 12 months was 26.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% lower than the Mumbles average (37.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 20.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 160.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moorside Road (SA3 5EY), the main crime hotspot is near Cedar Crescent. Police recorded 14 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Mumbles| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cartersford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maytree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Linden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sycamore Road | Under investigation |
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