Total Crime Rate

188.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 188.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 102.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lee Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in St Thomas , and the 77th highest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lee Street (SA1 8HQ) in the last 12 months was 188.5 per 1,000 residents and was 108.2% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -72.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lee Street (SA1 8HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lee Street, where police recorded 131 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lamberts Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lee Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Osterley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Osterley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Padley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Margaret Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margaret Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lee Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Padley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Margaret Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lee Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lee Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lee Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wallace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamberts Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamberts Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lamberts Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamberts Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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