Total Crime Rate

255.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 255.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 73.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.0 9/10
  • Public order 26.0 10/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Robbery 8.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Bolgoed Road area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Pontarddulais , and the 45th 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 Bolgoed Road (SA4 8JE) in the last 12 months was 255.4 per 1,000 residents and was 273.3% higher than the Pontarddulais average (68.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 103.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bolgoed Road (SA4 8JE), the main crime hotspot is near Church Lane. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bolgoed Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Llwyncelyn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Twyniago Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llwyncelyn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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