Total Crime Rate

123.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 123.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.5 8/10
  • Public order 24.8 10/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Other theft 9.9 8/10
  • Robbery 9.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.0 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Benthall Place area has the 7th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in St Thomas , and the 162nd highest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Benthall Place (SA1 8AY) in the last 12 months was 123.8 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% higher than the St Thomas average (90.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -88.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 84.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Benthall Place (SA1 8AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thomas Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Benthall Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sebastopol Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Balaclava Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft St Elmo Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mackworth Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mackworth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beaumont Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mackworth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Thomas Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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