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 3BR) 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 3BR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 357 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cradock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Princess Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caer Street | Under investigation |
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