Total Crime Rate
161.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
113.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cross Acre area has the 5th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Mumbles , and the 99th highest crime rate of 783 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 Cross Acre (SA3 5NW) in the last 12 months was 161.1 per 1,000 residents and was 312.7% higher than the Mumbles average (39.1 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 113.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cross Acre (SA3 5NW), the main crime hotspot is near Alder Way. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Alder Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Birchfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Bank Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chestnut Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Birchfield Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alder Way | Under investigation |
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