Total Crime Rate

615.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

262.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 615.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 262.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 182.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 140.2 10/10
  • Drugs 67.1 10/10
  • Public order 61.0 10/10
  • Other theft 48.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.3 10/10
  • Burglary 18.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.2 10/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 6.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Castle , and the 13th highest crime rate of 783 local areas in Swansea .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (SA1 1NE) in the last 12 months was 615.9 per 1,000 residents and was 61.5% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 262.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (SA1 1NE), the main crime hotspot is near Matthew Street. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/70)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper Strand —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ivey Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bethesda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bethesda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bethesda Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bethesda Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Powell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ebenezer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ivey Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ebenezer Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ebenezer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Ebenezer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Ebenezer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ebenezer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Ebenezer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Ivey Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ivey Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Matthew Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pont-Y-Glasdwr Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Powell Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Pont-Y-Glasdwr Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Pont-Y-Glasdwr Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Ivey Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Stryd Fawr Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Croft Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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