Crime Rates at Humphrey Street, Swansea, SA1 6BG

Humphrey Street area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 124 local areas in Castle , and the 374th highest crime rate of 783 local areas in Swansea .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Humphrey Street (SA1 6BG) in the last 12 months was 55.3 per 1,000 residents and was 85.5% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 33.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Humphrey Street (SA1 6BG), 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.