Total Crime Rate
145.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pentregethin Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cockett , and the 116th highest crime rate of 783 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 Pentregethin Road (SA5 8AB) in the last 12 months was 145.2 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% higher than the Cockett average (111.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 62.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pentregethin Road (SA5 8AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Crescent, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol Newydd (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swansea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rhos Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gendros Avenue West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorview Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper King'S Head Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Upper King'S Head Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Newydd | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Newydd | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentregethin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravenhill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prescelli Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haig Place | Under investigation |
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