Crime Rates at Swallow Street, Swansea, SA1 8RG

Swallow Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in St Thomas , and the 234th highest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Swallow Street (SA1 8RG) in the last 12 months was 92.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2.5% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swallow Street (SA1 8RG), 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.