Total Crime Rate
1360.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Plymouth Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle , and the 4th highest crime rate of 785 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 Plymouth Street (SA1 3QQ) in the last 12 months was 1360.6 per 1,000 residents and was 249.9% higher than the Castle average (388.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 120 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -71.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 170 (≈ 632.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plymouth Street (SA1 3QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 339 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mount Pleasant Drive (122 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garden Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Garden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thomas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Thomas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Thomas Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willows Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willows Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Mary'S Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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