Total Crime Rate

485.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 485.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 327.1 10/10
  • Public order 32.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.1 10/10
  • Other theft 21.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Carmarthen Road area has the highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cockett , and the 19th highest crime rate of 785 local areas in Swansea .

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 Carmarthen Road (SA5 8JN) in the last 12 months was 485.3 per 1,000 residents and was 329.1% higher than the Cockett average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 122 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 67.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Carmarthen Road (SA5 8JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gendros Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Carmarthen Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gendros Avenue East —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmarthen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Heol Y Cwmdu Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Heol Y Cwmdu Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heol Y Cwmdu Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gendros Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gendros Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gendros Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gendros Avenue East —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gendros Avenue East —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol Y Cwmdu —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carmarthen Road —
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Data Sources

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