Total Crime Rate
1487.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
691.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Castle , and the 3rd 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 Oxford Street (SA1 3AE) in the last 12 months was 1487.0 per 1,000 residents and was 290.1% 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 124 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 186 (≈ 691.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Street (SA1 3AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 375 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castle Square (151 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swansea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mary'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Pleasant Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant Drive | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Dragon Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Dragon Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Dragon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Dragon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Portland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Portland Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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