Crime Rates at Min Y Rhos, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1QR

Min Y Rhos area has the 4th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Aber-craf and Ystradgynlais , and the 39th highest crime rate of 434 local areas in Powys .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Min Y Rhos (SA9 1QR) in the last 12 months was 177.2 per 1,000 residents and was 73.4% higher than the Aber-craf and Ystradgynlais average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 214.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 139.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 214.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 221.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Min Y Rhos (SA9 1QR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ael-Y-Bryn, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Min-Y-Rhos (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.