Total Crime Rate

103.6 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 103.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.5 9/10
  • Drugs 8.9 8/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Chestnut Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Gorseinon and Penyrheol , and the 206th 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 Chestnut Avenue (SA4 4YP) in the last 12 months was 103.6 per 1,000 residents and was 42.5% higher than the Gorseinon and Penyrheol average (72.7 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -86.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chestnut Avenue (SA4 4YP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clos Cwrt Y Carne, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rowan Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chestnut Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Heol Gwenallt Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowan Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Gower View Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clos Cwrt Y Carne Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Heol Gwili Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Grenfell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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