Total Crime Rate

128.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 128.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 23.7 7/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Other crime 10.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Talbot Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Gowerton , and the 149th highest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Talbot Street (SA4 3DB) in the last 12 months was 128.4 per 1,000 residents and was 138.4% higher than the Gowerton average (53.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 70.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Talbot Street (SA4 3DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mount Pleasant, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parkwood (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Talbot Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkwood Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mount Pleasant Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Talbot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bryn Eithin

Data Sources

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