Total Crime Rate

40.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

25.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 40.7 4/10
  • Violent crimes 25.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.4 5/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Public order 5.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Middle Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cockett , and the 312th 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 Middle Road (SA5 5DL) in the last 12 months was 40.7 per 1,000 residents and was 63.6% lower than the Cockett average (111.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middle Road (SA5 5DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clos Calfaria, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol Awstin (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Middle Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cantref Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clos Calfaria Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Heol Awstin Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heol Awstin Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clos Calfaria
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heol Calfin Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clos Calfaria Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beverley Gardens
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beverley Gardens
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beverley Gardens
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clos Calfaria Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heol Awstin Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clos Calfaria Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clos Calfaria Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clos Calfaria Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clos Calfaria Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clos Calfaria Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clos Calfaria Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Clos Calfaria Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Clos Calfaria Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clos Calfaria Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heol Awstin Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heol Awstin Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clos Calfaria Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clos Calfaria Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heol Dynys Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd Y Brain Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clos Calfaria Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clos Calfaria Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Clos Calfaria Under investigation

Data Sources

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