Total Crime Rate
55.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Llangyfelach Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Cwmbwrla , and the 375th highest crime rate of 783 local areas in Swansea .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Llangyfelach Road (SA5 9LR) in the last 12 months was 55.1 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% lower than the Cwmbwrla average (68.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Llangyfelach Road (SA5 9LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pleasant Row, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B4489 (13 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 crime | Lynsdale Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ewart Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentre-Treharne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saddler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Siloh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Siloh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryn Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Siloh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Siloh Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Frederick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pleasant Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pleasant View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clos Arthur Morris | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pleasant Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydney Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villa Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albany Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4489 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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