Total Crime Rate
1329.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Trawler Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle , and the 5th highest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Trawler Road (SA1 1LB) in the last 12 months was 1329.8 per 1,000 residents and was 242.0% higher than the Castle average (388.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 123 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -58.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 377.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Trawler Road (SA1 1LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 133 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albert Row (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Thomas Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Paxton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Paxton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Paxton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Albert Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Albert Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highmoor | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highmoor | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highmoor | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thomas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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