Total Crime Rate

108.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 108.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Nicholl Street area has the 53rd highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle , and the 192nd highest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nicholl Street (SA1 4HF) in the last 12 months was 108.7 per 1,000 residents and was 72.0% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nicholl Street (SA1 4HF), 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 Nicholl Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Page Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Constitution Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wyndham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Christina Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vaughan Thomas Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northampton Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Promenade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Page Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Page Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Page Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Page Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rhondda Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rhondda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rhondda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Singleton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Constitution Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Richardson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richardson Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Picton Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Picton Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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