Recorded crime
Swansea recorded crime by postcode district
Crimes police recorded in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of each district centre, across 6 Swansea districts. Counts, not rates.
Crimes recorded, July 2026
1,215
Across 6 districts, within about 1 mile of each centre.
- Districts
- 6
- Most recorded
- Violence
data.police.uk, July 2026
Summary
Recorded crime in Swansea: police recorded 1,215 crimes in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of the centre of each of the 6 postcode districts with a published figure. SA3 has the lowest recorded count (9) and SA1 the highest (680). The most often recorded category was violent crime, at 38% of the month's recorded crimes. These are counts, not rates: a district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one on footfall alone.
Data from data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026.
Read this first
These are counts, not rates. data.police.uk street-level crime API publishes how many crimes were recorded near a point; it publishes no population figure to divide by. A district with a station, shops and bars will record more crime than a residential one because more people pass through it, not necessarily because residents are more likely to be a victim. Recorded crime is also only crime that was reported and recorded, and reporting rates vary by crime type and by area.
Use this to see the shape of a city and to prompt better questions, not to decide that one district is good and another bad.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on Swansea crime counts: big differences, read with care
July 2026’s police records for Swansea show 1,215 crimes across 6 districts, from 9 in SA3 to 680 in SA1, a gap that wide mostly tracks footfall, shops and nightlife rather than where is pleasant to live.
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Key figures
Swansea crime counts at a glance
Police records for July 2026. A count near each district centre is not a safety ranking.
Lowest district
9
SA3, crimes recorded
Middle district
126
Median of the districts
Highest district
680
SA1, crimes recorded
Top category
Violence
466 of 1,215 crimes
Recorded crime
Swansea crime by category and district
1,215 recorded crimes across 6 districts in July 2026.
By category
What the recorded crimes were
Violent crime was the most recorded category, with 466 of 1,215 crimes (38%). It describes the month's police records, not what is likely to happen to you.
See the figures
| Category | Recorded | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 466 | 38% |
| Public order | 155 | 13% |
| Anti social behaviour | 147 | 12% |
| Shoplifting | 131 | 11% |
| Criminal damage arson | 98 | 8% |
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
By district
Swansea districts, lowest recorded count first
Counts run from 9 in SA3 to 680 in SA1. Each row is one postcode district: how many crimes police recorded within about a mile of its centre.
See the figures
| District | Recorded crimes | Most recorded category | Area data |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA3 | 9 | Criminal damage arson (3) | SA3 area report |
| SA2 | 94 | Violent crime (42) | SA2 area report |
| SA4 | 94 | Violent crime (43) | SA4 area report |
| SA6 | 126 | Violent crime (48) | SA6 area report |
| SA5 | 212 | Violent crime (88) | SA5 area report |
| SA1 | 680 | Violent crime (242) | SA1 area report |
Districts with no figure published for July 2026 are left out rather than shown as zero: a force not having published yet is not the same fact as no crime.
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
Reading the numbers
What the numbers show
Across the 6 Swansea postcode districts with a published figure for July 2026, police recorded 1,215 crimes in total within roughly a mile of each district centroid. The median district recorded 110.
SA3 has the lowest recorded crime count of the districts listed (9), and SA1 the highest (680).
The spread across the city is wide: the highest-counting district recorded about 75.6 times as many crimes as the lowest. Much of a gap that size reflects what is in the radius: a city-centre district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one before any difference in how people behave.
The most frequently recorded category across these districts was violent crime, at 38% of all recorded crimes in the month.
Questions, answered
Swansea recorded crime: your questions
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Why does this page not rank Swansea districts by crime rate?
Source and method
Where these figures come from
data.police.uk street-level crime API (API documentation), month 2026-07, one request per district at its centroid, ~1 mile radius. England and Wales only. Data.police.uk does not carry Police Scotland or PSNI. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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