Total Crime Rate
818.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kenilworth Place area has the highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Mumbles , and the 10th 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 Kenilworth Place (SA3 5LL) in the last 12 months was 818.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2114.9% 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 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -59.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 436.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 67.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 547.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kenilworth Place (SA3 5LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fairwood Road, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Baywood Avenue (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mumbles| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alderwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sweet Briar Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Fairwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Fairwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cartersford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Warwick Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warwick Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kenilworth Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fairwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kenilworth Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambleside Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ilston Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilston Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilston Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baywood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Baywood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baywood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baywood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baywood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Fairwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warwick Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sycamore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Linden Avenue | Under investigation |
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