Total Crime Rate
797.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Jones Terrace 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 Jones Terrace (SA1 6YN) 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 Jones Terrace (SA1 6YN), the main crime hotspot is near Mount Pleasant Drive. Police recorded 251 crimes here, including 122 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Matthew Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Matthew Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tontine Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tontine Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Matthew Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tontine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Portia Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Matthew Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Matthew Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Matthew Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tontine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Jones Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tontine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilks Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebenezer Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
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