Crime Statistics for Hafod, Swansea, Swansea, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hafod in September 2024. There were a total of 1038 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hafod, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	376
Shoplifting	218
Public Order	102
Anti Social Behaviour	98
Other Theft	58
Criminal Damage Arson	54
Drugs	50
Vehicle Crime	28
Other Crime	24
Possession Of Weapons	10
Bicycle Theft	6
Burglary	6
Theft From The Person	6
Robbery	2
All Crime	1038

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Hafod. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Hafod

We've taken the ten nearest places to Hafod and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Hafod has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Hafod	929
Cwmdu (1.24 miles)	632
Abertawe (Swansea) (1.24 miles)	375
Mayhill (1.24 miles)	375
Landore (0.88 miles)	312
Manselton (0.88 miles)	312
Penlan (1.75 miles)	227
Port Tennant (1.39 miles)	58
Ty-draw (1.24 miles)	57
Bon-y-maen (1.39 miles)	52

Where are the most violent places near Hafod?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Hafod and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Hafod	376
Cwmdu	263
Abertawe (Swansea)	150
Mayhill	150
Landore	122
Manselton	122
Penlan	72
Bon-y-maen	16
Port Tennant	14
Ty-draw	14

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Hafod?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Hafod to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Hafod compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hafod and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Hafod have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Sketty.

#	Ward	Score
1	Castle	99
2	Penderry	99
3	Townhill	98
4	Landore	98
5	St. Thomas	97
6	Bonymaen	97
7	Cwmbwrla	97
8	Llansamlet	97
9	Uplands	96
10	Coedffranc West	96
11	Sketty	95

Which road in Hafod has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Hafod with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Waun Wen Terrace.