Total Crime Rate

91.4 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 91.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Mcritchie Place area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cockett , and the 242nd highest crime rate of 785 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 8NE) in the last 12 months was 91.4 per 1,000 residents and was 19.2% lower than the Cockett average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (β‰ˆ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mcritchie Place (SA5 8NE), 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.

View Crime In Cockett

Crime Over Time in Mcritchie Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carmarthen Road β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Upper King'S Head Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heol Y Cwmdu Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heol Y Cwmdu Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gendros Avenue East β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gendros Avenue East β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gendros Avenue East β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gendros Drive β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmarthen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gendros Drive β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Heol Y Cwmdu Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol Y Cwmdu β€”
Sep 2025Public order Gendros Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Armine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gendros Avenue West Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.