Total Crime Rate

102.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

70.7 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 102.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 70.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.2 8/10
  • Public order 22.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.9 8/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Hafod Street area has the 60th highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Castle , and the 195th highest crime rate of 783 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 Hafod Street (SA1 2HB) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 73.0% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -21.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 70.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hafod Street (SA1 2HB), the main crime hotspot is near Griffith John Street. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hafod Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/40)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swan Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Hafod Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grandison Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Stryd Fawr Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Pont-Y-Glasdwr Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Pont-Y-Glasdwr Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Pont-Y-Glasdwr Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Pont-Y-Glasdwr Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pont-Y-Glasdwr Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bethesda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Croft Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper Strand —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grandison Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Powell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Powell Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Matthew Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Matthew Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Matthew Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Matthew Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Swan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Swan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bethesda Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bethesda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bethesda Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grandison Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bethesda Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Monger Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Griffith John Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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