Total Crime Rate
35.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bishopston Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Bishopston , and the 271st lowest crime rate of 783 local areas in Swansea .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bishopston Road (SA3 3EW) in the last 12 months was 35.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.2% higher than the Bishopston average (21.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bishopston Road (SA3 3EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Middlecroft Lane (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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