Crime Statistics for Killay, Swansea, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Killay in October 2024. There were a total of 66 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Killay, 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	27
Other Theft	10
Shoplifting	9
Public Order	9
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Drugs	2
Vehicle Crime	2
All Crime	66

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Killay. 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 Killay

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cwm Gwyn (1.86 miles)	472
Ty-coch (1.24 miles)	192
Cockett (1.39 miles)	118
Fforest-fach (1.75 miles)	98
Carnglas (0.62 miles)	85
Lower Sketty (1.39 miles)	81
Killay	47
Dunvant (0.62 miles)	42
Waunarlwydd (1.24 miles)	27
Blackhills (1.75 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Killay?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cwm Gwyn	162
Ty-coch	93
Cockett	51
Carnglas	42
Fforest-fach	34
Lower Sketty	28
Killay	27
Dunvant	24
Waunarlwydd	18
Blackhills	0

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

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 Killay 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 Killay compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Killay and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Killay is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Cockett	98
2	Gowerton	95
3	West Cross	95
4	Sketty	95
5	Killay South	94
6	Dunvant	94
7	Fairwood	94
8	Mayals	94
9	Gower	94
10	Killay North	94
11	Pennard	94

Which road in Killay has the highest level of crime?

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