Total Crime Rate

249.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 249.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.2 9/10
  • Public order 23.2 9/10
  • Other crime 21.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Drugs 10.7 8/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Argyle Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle , and the 46th highest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Argyle Street (SA1 3TA) in the last 12 months was 249.6 per 1,000 residents and was 35.8% lower 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 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 135.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Argyle Street (SA1 3TA), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Argyle Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Richardson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Richardson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gething Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stryd Rhydychen Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stryd Rhydychen Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stryd Rhydychen Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wyndham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richardson Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richardson Street
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Paxton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paxton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paxton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4290 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4290 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4290 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary B4290 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Oystermouth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richardson Road
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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