Crime Rate in Waterfront, ward

Waterfront has the 5th highest crime rate of 32 wards in Swansea district and the 1849th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Waterfront in the last 12 months was 95.1 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% higher than the Swansea district average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Waterfront’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 123 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 169 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Waterfront ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 232 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.