Total Crime Rate

46.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 46.0 5/10
  • Drugs 20.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.2 2/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Fernhill Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Gorseinon and Penyrheol , and the 339th lowest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fernhill Road (SA4 4YX) in the last 12 months was 46.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% lower than the Gorseinon and Penyrheol average (72.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 16.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fernhill Road (SA4 4YX), 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 Fernhill Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Gower View Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Grenfell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clos Cwrt Y Carne 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
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Data Sources

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