Photo: Nigel Davies · CC BY-SA 2.0Clydach records public order at 2.6 times the rate of a typical town its size
Its letter overall is C (#13 of 19 in West Glamorgan): more crime per resident than 67% of UK towns, from crimes police recorded inside its built-up area through September 2023 to August 2026. Violent crime was down 12% in a year. Of all the kinds of crime, public order is where Clydach departs most from towns its size: 9.4 per 1,000 against 3.6.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Clydach
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 12% less violent crime per resident in Clydach than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage rose 9% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 430 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000 people, Clydach has the 263rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Shiremoor, Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook and Silsden, higher than Freshwater and Totland, Crewkerne and Ballynahinch. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Clydach’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 1,036 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Clydach against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Police in Clydach identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 51% of Clydach’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 7% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (70% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 10% of violent and 10% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 295 crimes.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Clydach runs highest on public order (9.4 per 1,000 against 3.6), criminal damage & arson (6.4 per 1,000 against 4.5) and violence & sexual offences (31.3 per 1,000 against 22.4). Burglary sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 264 | 31.3 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 88 | 10.4 | 8.8 |
| Public order | not graded | 79 | 9.4 | 3.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 54 | 6.4 | 4.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 26 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 16 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 13 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 13 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 12 | 1.4 | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 7 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 2 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
How Clydach’s neighbourhoods rank in Wales
30% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of Wales’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The community safety domain scores recorded crime, anti-social behaviour and fire incidents where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Clydach’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (community safety domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of Wales’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
How crime in Clydach has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -12% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +9% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft -8% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour +10% (towns its size +0%).
Of 430 towns its size, Clydach is 263rd from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barton on Sea Hampshire | 6,763 | 9.6 | 5 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 200 | Pontarddulais West Glamorgan | 6,513 | 25.6 | 10.2 | 6.9 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 257 | Baglan West Glamorgan | 10,516 | 29.8 | 10.9 | 5 | C |
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| 260 | Freshwater and Totland Isle of Wight | 7,523 | 31 | 9.7 | 6.3 | C |
| 261 | Crewkerne Somerset | 7,067 | 32.7 | 8.2 | 12.7 | C |
| 262 | Ballynahinch Newry, Mourne and Down | 6,164 | 28.5 | 12.4 | 6.2 | C |
| 263 | Clydach West Glamorgan | 8,445 | 32.2 | 8.8 | 4.9 | C |
| 264 | Tenterden Kent | 7,775 | 28.5 | 12.4 | 11.5 | C |
| 265 | Totnes Devon | 9,217 | 27.8 | 13.3 | 17 | C |
| 266 | East Cowes Isle of Wight | 8,424 | 33.5 | 8 | 10.7 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 277 | Gowerton West Glamorgan | 7,447 | 32.2 | 10.3 | 7.1 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 294 | Ystalyfera West Glamorgan | 7,831 | 36 | 8.6 | 8.6 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 430 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Clydach, and others in West Glamorgan.
For every 1,000 residents, about 32 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 5 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Where in Clydach police recorded crime
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 30 | 60% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 25 | 48% violent |
| Car parks | 22 | 41% violent |
police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Clydach. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
No one died in a collision on Clydach’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 15 collisions with injuries inside Clydach in five years. 4 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Clydach is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Clydach’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 7 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Clydach had 4.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Clydach’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Clydach
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clydach | 8,445 | 32.2 | 8.8 | C |
| Alltwen | 2,721 | 18.8 | 3.9 | A− |
| Pontardawe | 5,539 | 39.3 | 8.3 | C− |
| Rhos | 2,560 | 16.1 | 3.3 | A− |
| Neath | 40,738 | 39.5 | 9.9 | C− |
| Cilfrew | 2,178 | 32.3 | 4.6 | C+ |
| Penllergaer | 3,578 | 19.6 | 5.9 | B+ |
| Tonna | 2,665 | 22.8 | 6.6 | B |
Clydach records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Pontardawe and Neath record more. Alltwen, 2.2 miles away, records 18.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Clydach’s 32.2.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Clydach sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Clydach
Is Clydach safe?
Police recorded 32.2 violent and sexual offences and 8.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Clydach’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 33% of UK towns. Among 430 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000 people, Clydach is 263rd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Clydach?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 12%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 9%, shoplifting and theft fell 8% and anti-social behaviour rose 10%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Clydach?
Violence & sexual offences: 264 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (79) and criminal damage & arson (54), with 88 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Clydach compare with Swansea?
Swansea records 42.6 violent and sexual offences and 15.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Clydach’s 32.2 and 8.8, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · Welsh Government Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, community safety domain by LSOA · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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