Total Crime Rate

205.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

94.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 205.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 94.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.6 9/10
  • Public order 37.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.3 8/10
  • Other theft 19.5 9/10
  • Drugs 15.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 10.4 5/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.3 1/10
  • Robbery 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

New Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Castle , and the 63rd 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 New Street (SA1 6YS) in the last 12 months was 205.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.2% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 94.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Street (SA1 6YS), 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 New Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/113)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Mount Pleasant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilks Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watkin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Evans Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Evans Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bryn-Y-Don Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Public order Belle Vue Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tontine Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Tontine Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Bryn-Y-Don Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Orchard Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tontine Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Ivey Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ebenezer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs College Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft College Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft College Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour College Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Ivey Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Ivey Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ivey Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Ivey Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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