Total Crime Rate

123.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.5 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 123.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 53.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Public order 8.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • 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
  • Shoplifting 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

Margam Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Morriston , and the 146th 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 Margam Avenue (SA6 8DG) in the last 12 months was 123.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.3% higher than the Morriston average (94.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -31.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 53.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Margam Avenue (SA6 8DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tirpenry Street, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Morfydd Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Margam Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/39)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tirpenry Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Margam Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bedford Street —
Apr 2026Public order Bedford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Morris Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A48 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A48 —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tirpenry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morfydd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morfydd Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Soar Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Soar Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Soar Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Margam Avenue —
Apr 2026Burglary Glantawe Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Morfydd Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Green Street —
Apr 2026Public order Morfydd Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Morfydd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Morfydd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Clos Camlas Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clos Camlas Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Morfydd Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clos Yr Orsaf Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nixon Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Foundry Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Glantawe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morfydd Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Strawberry Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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