Total Crime Rate
86.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pentremawr Road area has the 60th lowest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle , and the 263rd 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 Pentremawr Road (SA1 2LJ) in the last 12 months was 86.8 per 1,000 residents and was 77.7% lower than the Castle average (388.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pentremawr Road (SA1 2LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maliphant Street, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pentre Mawr Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vivian Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Philadelphia Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Philadelphia Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Philadelphia Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monger Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maliphant Street | — |
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