Total Crime Rate
1464.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
654.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stepney Street area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Elli , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 591 local areas in Carmarthenshire .
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 Stepney Street (SA15 3UP) in the last 12 months was 1464.5 per 1,000 residents and was 418.1% higher than the Elli average (282.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 156 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 203 (≈ 654.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stepney Street (SA15 3UP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Frederick Street, where police recorded 147 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near John Street (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heol Goring | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cowell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Inkerman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Inkerman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Inkerman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Inkerman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
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