Total Crime Rate

80.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.5 7/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

The Birches area has the 24th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Clydach , and the 291st highest 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 The Birches (SA6 5NJ) in the last 12 months was 80.4 per 1,000 residents and was 14.9% higher than the Clydach average (70.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Birches (SA6 5NJ), the main crime hotspot is near Pearl Street. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Birches area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pontardawe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pearl Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pearl Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pearl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pearl Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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