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

Mansel Street 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 Mansel Street (SA1 5TW) 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 Mansel Street (SA1 5TW), 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 Mansel Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/127)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Horton Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Picton Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Northampton Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northampton Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northampton Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Picton Lane —
Apr 2026Other theft Picton Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Picton Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Picton Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Page Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cromwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Picton Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Picton Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Picton Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Picton Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Northampton Lane —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Page Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vaughan Thomas Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Mount Pleasant Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Page Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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