Total Crime Rate
104.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Verig Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Cwmbwrla , and the 191st 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 Verig Street (SA5 9NQ) in the last 12 months was 104.1 per 1,000 residents and was 53.1% higher than the Cwmbwrla average (68.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 59.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Verig Street (SA5 9NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pleasant Row, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mysydd Terrace (13 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 | Pleasant Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnace Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Millwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clos Arthur Morris | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bohun Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Frederick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mainwaring Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mainwaring Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verig Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnace Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnace Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnace Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pleasant Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnace Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnace Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ysgubor Fach Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ysgubor Fach Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mysydd Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Monterey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monterey Street | Under investigation |
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