Total Crime Rate

158.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 158.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.4 10/10
  • Public order 27.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Fourth Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Llangyfelach , and the 108th highest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fourth Avenue (SA6 7LU) in the last 12 months was 158.1 per 1,000 residents and was 180.6% higher than the Llangyfelach average (56.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 116.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fourth Avenue (SA6 7LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fifth Avenue, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glaslyn Place (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fourth Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fifth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechtree Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glaslyn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fifth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glaslyn Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Elan Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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