Total Crime Rate

50.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 50.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Moorside Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Mumbles , and the 352nd lowest crime rate of 785 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 Moorside Road (SA3 5EZ) in the last 12 months was 50.2 per 1,000 residents and was 35.7% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Moorside Road (SA3 5EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mulberry Avenue, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cedar Crescent (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Moorside Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maytree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Green Bank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Green Bank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Linden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mulberry Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulberry Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulberry Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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