Total Crime Rate

136.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 136.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.1 9/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Public order 11.4 8/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

St Helens Road area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle , and the 135th highest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Helens Road (SA1 4DW) in the last 12 months was 136.4 per 1,000 residents and was 64.9% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 73.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Helens Road (SA1 4DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clews Mews, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rodney Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Helens Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clews Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Richardson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clews Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4290 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burrows Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burrows Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burrows Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burrows Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richardson Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richardson Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Argyle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richardson Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vaughan Thomas Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rodney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rodney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rodney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rodney Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hanover Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodlands Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clews Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Argyle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4290 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Westbury Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westbury Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Helen'S Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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