Total Crime Rate

296.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 296.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.5 10/10
  • Public order 42.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 42.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.7 9/10
  • Drugs 29.7 10/10
  • Other theft 29.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 17.0 6/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 19th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle , and the 38th highest crime rate of 785 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 Neath Road (SA1 2JT) in the last 12 months was 296.6 per 1,000 residents and was 23.7% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -56.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 127.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Neath Road (SA1 2JT), the main crime hotspot is near Tabernacle Street. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 17 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 (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Tabernacle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Glandwr Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Washington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mysydd Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tabernacle Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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