Total Crime Rate

90.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.5 7/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Drugs 10.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Neath Road area has the 62nd lowest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle , and the 249th 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 Neath Road (SA1 2HL) in the last 12 months was 90.4 per 1,000 residents and was 76.7% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Neath Road (SA1 2HL), the main crime hotspot is near Griffith John Street. Police recorded 173 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Neath Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Griffith John Street —
Sep 2025Other crime Griffith John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Strand Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Upper Strand Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Strand —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Villiers Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harrington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cwm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Griffith John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Golwg Y Garreg Wen Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Griffith John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Griffith John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Griffith John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Griffith John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Griffith John Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Griffith John Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vivian Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Villiers Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Philadelphia Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morfa Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hafod Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Monger Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maliphant Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Philadelphia Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Philadelphia Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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