Total Crime Rate

53.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 53.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.3 6/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woodlands Terrace area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle , and the 369th lowest crime rate of 785 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 Woodlands Terrace (SA1 6BR) in the last 12 months was 53.1 per 1,000 residents and was 86.3% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 31.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodlands Terrace (SA1 6BR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Humphrey Street, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vaughan Thomas Lane (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodlands Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Constitution Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairfield Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westbury Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosehill Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hanover Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Pen-Y-Graig Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Pen-Y-Graig Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penmaen Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodlands Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Westbury Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St Helen'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brooklands Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chaddesley Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Constitution Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westbury Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosehill Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vaughan Thomas Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Thomas Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Russell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St James'S Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Terrace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bullin'S Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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