Total Crime Rate

123.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 123.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 65.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Public order 14.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Little Gam Street area has the 48th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle , and the 163rd 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 Little Gam Street (SA1 3HY) in the last 12 months was 123.7 per 1,000 residents and was 68.2% lower than the Castle average (388.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Little Gam Street (SA1 3HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (75 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Little Gam Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Richardson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4290 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4290 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4290 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B4290 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary B4290 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stryd Rhydychen Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order West Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Russell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richardson Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Terrace
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Sep 2025Other theft Oystermouth Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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