Total Crime Rate

117.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 117.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.3 8/10
  • Burglary 13.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Public order 6.5 6/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Kingsway area has the 51st highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Castle , and the 160th highest crime rate of 783 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 The Kingsway (SA1 5JW) in the last 12 months was 117.4 per 1,000 residents and was 69.2% lower than the Castle average (381.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 52.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Kingsway (SA1 5JW), the main crime hotspot is near Mount Pleasant Drive. Police recorded 257 crimes here, including 113 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Kingsway area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/147)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Mount Pleasant Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Singleton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant —
Apr 2026Drugs Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mount Pleasant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Horton Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Singleton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Drive Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stryd Rhydychen Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stryd Rhydychen Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Public order B4290 Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Stanley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Verandah Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Verandah Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vaughan Thomas Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Mansel Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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