Total Crime Rate
48.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harries Street area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 124 local areas in Castle , and the 370th lowest 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 Harries Street (SA1 6HR) in the last 12 months was 48.4 per 1,000 residents and was 87.3% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harries Street (SA1 6HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rhondda Street, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brynsifi Way (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swansea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chaddesley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tegid Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tegid Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stanley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadwaladr Circle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Creidiol Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Creidiol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portia Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brynsifi Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Branwen Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cromwell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harries Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verandah Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verandah Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cromwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadwaladr Circle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Promenade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cadwaladr Circle | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Branwen Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
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