Total Crime Rate

84.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.4 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 84.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 50.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Shoplifting 8.4 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Watkin Street area has the 55th lowest crime rate of 124 local areas in Castle , and the 255th 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 Watkin Street (SA1 6YD) in the last 12 months was 84.0 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watkin Street (SA1 6YD), 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 Watkin Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/71)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Tontine Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Matthew Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Evans Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tontine Street —
Apr 2026Other theft New Orchard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs New Orchard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Evans Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Matthew Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilks Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Matthew Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Matthew Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Street —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Hall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watkin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Bryn-Y-Don Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Quarry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ebenezer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Swan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Swan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swan Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant —
Apr 2026Drugs Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mount Pleasant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ebenezer Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bryn-Y-Don Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ebenezer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Ebenezer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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