Crime Rates at Castle Street, Swansea, SA1 1HZ

Castle Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Castle , and the 5th highest crime rate of 783 local areas in Swansea .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Castle Street (SA1 1HZ) in the last 12 months was 1223.0 per 1,000 residents and was 220.8% higher than the Castle average (381.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 27.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 601.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castle Street (SA1 1HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 339 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castle Square (151 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.