Total Crime Rate

44.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 44.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 26.0 5/10
  • Other crime 14.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.9 4/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Heol Gwenallt area has the 24th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Gorseinon and Penyrheol , and the 340th lowest crime rate of 783 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 Heol Gwenallt (SA4 4JP) in the last 12 months was 44.6 per 1,000 residents and was 35.7% lower than the Gorseinon and Penyrheol average (69.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heol Gwenallt (SA4 4JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heol Gwili, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol Elfed (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Heol Gwenallt area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heol Crwys Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pen-Cae-Crwn Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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