Total Crime Rate

797.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 797.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 277.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 127.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 79.3 10/10
  • Other theft 74.9 10/10
  • Public order 61.7 10/10
  • Drugs 39.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 39.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.4 10/10
  • Burglary 22.0 10/10
  • Other crime 22.0 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 22.0 10/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

North Hill Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle , and the 11th highest crime rate of 785 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 North Hill Road (SA1 6YB) in the last 12 months was 797.4 per 1,000 residents and was 105.1% higher 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 190.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -52.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 83 (≈ 365.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Hill Road (SA1 6YB), the main crime hotspot is near Matthew Street. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in North Hill Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/39)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portia Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tontine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilks Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croft Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Croft Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs New Orchard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs New Orchard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tontine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Matthew Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tontine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tontine Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tontine Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watkin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime High View Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jones Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quarry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilks Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Matthew Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brynsifi Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Baptist Well Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Dyfatty Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Matthew Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Matthew Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Jones Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Campbell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brynsifi Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Brynsifi Way Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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