Crime Statistics for Penllergaer, Swansea, Swansea, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Penllergaer in September 2024. There were a total of 20 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 Penllergaer, 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	13
Other Theft	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Other Crime	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	20

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 Penllergaer. 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 Penllergaer

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Port Mead (1.75 miles)	171
Heol-ddu (1.86 miles)	90
Fforest-fach (1.96 miles)	87
Cadle (0.88 miles)	77
Gorseinon (1.86 miles)	54
Garden Village (1.39 miles)	33
Gowerton (1.75 miles)	29
Bach-y-gwreiddyn (1.39 miles)	26
Penllergaer	11
Pontlliw (1.86 miles)	7

Where are the most violent places near Penllergaer?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Port Mead	51
Heol-ddu	47
Fforest-fach	30
Gorseinon	25
Cadle	24
Bach-y-gwreiddyn	20
Garden Village	16
Gowerton	14
Penllergaer	13
Pontlliw	2

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

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 Penllergaer 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 Penllergaer compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Penderry	99
2	Cockett	98
3	Gorseinon	98
4	Cwmbwrla	97
5	Lower Loughor	97
6	Penyrheol	96
7	Llangyfelach	96
8	Gowerton	95
9	Kingsbridge	95
10	Upper Loughor	95
11	Penllergaer	95

Which road in Penllergaer has the highest level of crime?

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