Crime Rates at Pier Street, Swansea, SA1 1RY

Pier Street area has the 54th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle , and the 199th highest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pier Street (SA1 1RY) in the last 12 months was 104.9 per 1,000 residents and was 73.0% lower than the Castle average (388.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pier Street (SA1 1RY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 218 crimes here, including 107 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.