Total Crime Rate
3185.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1557.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Caer Street area has the highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Castle , and the 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 Caer Street (SA1 3PP) in the last 12 months was 3185.8 per 1,000 residents and was 735.7% 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 360 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 461 (≈ 1557.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caer Street (SA1 3PP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 456 crimes here, including 195 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Swansea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Dragon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belle Vue Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Way | — |
| 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 | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Dragon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Green Dragon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Dragon Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Dragon Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Princess Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salubrious Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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