Total Crime Rate
425.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
168.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Gorseinon and Penyrheol , and the 21st highest crime rate of 783 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 High Street (SA4 4BX) in the last 12 months was 425.3 per 1,000 residents and was 512.9% higher than the Gorseinon and Penyrheol average (69.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 168.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (SA4 4BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swansea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cecil Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ffordd Yr Afon | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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