Crime Statistics for Port Mead, Swansea, Swansea, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Port Mead in September 2024. There were a total of 171 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 Port Mead, 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	51
Shoplifting	24
Anti Social Behaviour	21
Public Order	18
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Vehicle Crime	10
Drugs	9
Other Theft	8
Other Crime	5
Burglary	5
Theft From The Person	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	171

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 Port Mead. 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 Port Mead

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Mayhill (1.39 miles)	375
Landore (1.39 miles)	312
Manselton (1.39 miles)	312
Clase (1.39 miles)	302
Penlan (0.62 miles)	227
Tirdeunaw (1.39 miles)	189
Port Mead	171
Gendros (0.62 miles)	139
Fforest-fach (0.88 miles)	87
Cadle (0.88 miles)	77

Where are the most violent places near Port Mead?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Mayhill	150
Landore	122
Manselton	122
Clase	114
Penlan	72
Tirdeunaw	57
Port Mead	51
Gendros	50
Fforest-fach	30
Cadle	24

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

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 Port Mead 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 Port Mead compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Penderry	99
2	Townhill	98
3	Landore	98
4	Cockett	98
5	Gorseinon	98
6	Cwmbwrla	97
7	Uplands	96
8	Kingsbridge	95
9	Penllergaer	95
10	Killay South	94
11	Killay North	94

Which road in Port Mead has the highest level of crime?

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