Total Crime Rate
91.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mcritchie Place area has the 38th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cockett , and the 231st highest crime rate of 783 local areas in Swansea .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mcritchie Place (SA5 8ND) in the last 12 months was 91.4 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mcritchie Place (SA5 8ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol Y Cwmdu (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swansea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cwm Du Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Heol Y Cwmdu | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carmarthen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mcritchie Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Upper King'S Head Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Heol Y Cwmdu | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gendros Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gendros Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gendros Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haig Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper King'S Head Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gendros Avenue East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gendros Avenue East | — |
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