Crime Rate in Uplands, ward

Uplands has the 11th highest crime rate of 32 wards in Swansea district and the 2932nd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Uplands in the last 12 months was 74.7 per 1,000 residents and was 16.1% lower than the Swansea district average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Uplands’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 377 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -15.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 502 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Uplands ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.