Total Crime Rate

87.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 64.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Creswell 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.

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Crime Over Time in Creswell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Rheidol Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order First Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pengwern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Pengwern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Rheidol Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pengwern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rheidol Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rheidol Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rheidol Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Garnlwyd Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pengwern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Severn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ewenny Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ewenny Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Solva Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Solva Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Solva Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Pengwern Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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