Total Crime Rate

515.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

149.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 515.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 229.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 149.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.0 10/10
  • Public order 49.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 43.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.6 9/10
  • Other crime 18.6 10/10
  • Other theft 18.6 9/10
  • Robbery 12.4 9/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Walter Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Castle , and the 18th highest crime rate of 783 local areas in Swansea .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Walter Road (SA1 5RS) in the last 12 months was 515.5 per 1,000 residents and was 35.2% higher than the Castle average (381.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 149.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walter Road (SA1 5RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Humphrey Street, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duke Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Walter Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/60)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4290 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Humphrey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Humphrey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Humphrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Humphrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Chaddesley Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Humphrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Humphrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Humphrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Humphrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Humphrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order B4290 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting B4290 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime B4290 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4290 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Cromwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Stryd Rhydychen Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Constitution Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting White Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Humphrey Street —
Apr 2026Robbery Humphrey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stryd Rhydychen Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stryd Rhydychen Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stryd Rhydychen —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Humphrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stryd Rhydychen —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Humphrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Humphrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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