Total Crime Rate
10.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upper Gendros Crescent area has the lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cockett , and the 61st 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 Upper Gendros Crescent (SA5 8DY) in the last 12 months was 10.9 per 1,000 residents and was 90.3% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 6.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Gendros Crescent (SA5 8DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Weig Gardens, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brenig Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swansea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Phyllis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gendros Avenue East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gendros Avenue East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gendros Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gendros Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gendros Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Samuel Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torrington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weig Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weig Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weig Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weig Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coedwig Place | Awaiting court outcome |
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