Total Crime Rate

350.4 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 350.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 177.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.2 9/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Kings Road area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in St Thomas , and the 34th 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 Kings Road (SA1 8AW) in the last 12 months was 350.4 per 1,000 residents and was 287.1% higher than the St Thomas average (90.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 62.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Road (SA1 8AW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 111 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Thomas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mackworth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Balaclava Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sebastopol Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mackworth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Padley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Padley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Llys Jernegan Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mackworth Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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