Total Crime Rate
747.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gore Terrace area has the 11th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle , and the 12th highest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gore Terrace (SA1 5DN) in the last 12 months was 747.0 per 1,000 residents and was 92.1% 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 133 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 177 (≈ 355.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gore Terrace (SA1 5DN), the main crime hotspot is near Mount Pleasant Drive. Police recorded 251 crimes here, including 122 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | College Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Jones Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Welcome Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Welcome Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Welcome Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tontine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Belle Vue Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Quarry Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tontine Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tontine Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tontine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Street | — |
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