Total Crime Rate
87.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Creswell Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Llangyfelach , and the 244th highest crime rate of 783 local areas in Swansea .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Creswell Road (SA6 7LD) in the last 12 months was 87.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.0% higher than the Llangyfelach average (53.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -88.9% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 6.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -88.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 64.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Creswell Road (SA6 7LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pengwern Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rheidol Avenue (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swansea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rheidol Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | First Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pengwern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pengwern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rheidol Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pengwern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rheidol Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rheidol Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rheidol Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Garnlwyd Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pengwern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ewenny Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ewenny Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solva Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Solva Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Solva Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pengwern Road | Under investigation |
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