Crime Rates at Richardson Street, Swansea, SA1 3TE

Richardson 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 Richardson Street (SA1 3TE) 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 Richardson Street (SA1 3TE), 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 (64 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.