Gorseinon and Penyrheol
WardNorth east Swansea. About 11,055 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 11 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 77% of people in Gorseinon and Penyrheol live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Gorseinon and Penyrheol compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Gorseinon and Penyrheol safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Gorseinon and Penyrheol at a rate of 67.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.1 per 1,000 people across Swansea.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 55 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Gorseinon and Penyrheol.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (327), other crime (141) and anti-social behaviour (96).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Swansea
These figures are published for the whole of Swansea, not for each ward, so they describe all of Swansea and not Gorseinon and Penyrheol alone. See Swansea
Gorseinon and Penyrheol in brief
Gorseinon and Penyrheol had 10,640 usual residents at the census.
About 77% of people in Gorseinon and Penyrheol live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Gorseinon and Penyrheol, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Gorseinon and Penyrheol, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.