Total Crime Rate
762.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
408.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burrows Place area has the 10th highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Castle , and the 10th highest crime rate of 783 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 Burrows Place (SA1 1SW) in the last 12 months was 762.1 per 1,000 residents and was 99.9% 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 83 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 110 (≈ 408.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burrows Place (SA1 1SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 254 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (113 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swansea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Llys Jernegan | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St David'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salubrious Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St David'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St David'S Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St David'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Dragon Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Dragon Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Green Dragon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Dragon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Dragon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goose Island | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Dragon Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highmoor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highmoor | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Dragon Lane | Under investigation |
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