Total Crime Rate
342.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kings Road area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in St Thomas , and the 29th highest crime rate of 783 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 Kings Road (SA1 8AS) in the last 12 months was 342.3 per 1,000 residents and was 337.6% higher than the St Thomas average (78.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 64.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings Road (SA1 8AS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 154 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Swansea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thomas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Quay Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Quay Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kilvey Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ferry Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ferry Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A4067 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A4067 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A4067 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Somerset Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | East Burrows Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cambrian Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Llys Jernegan | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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