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Overview of Swansea crime rate

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Crime outlook: high.

Swansea is ranked 7th among 25 neighboring districts for crime rates, with 23,873 reported incidents in 2023. The population stands at 238,490, resulting in a crime rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people. This is a significant rise of 10.9% over the previous year.

In Swansea, the most frequent crimes are Violence and sexual offences (35.1%), Anti-social behaviour (16.8%), and Public order (10.7%), with the least common being Theft from the person (0.8%), Possession of weapons (0.7%), and Robbery (0.3%).

Swansea has 32 wards, with the highest crime rates in Castle (Swansea) (428.3), Waterfront (305.2), and Mynydd-bach (125.1). The safest wards are Fairwood (24.1), Bishopston (20.5), and Pennard (20.2).

In Swansea, there has been a notable increase in Anti-social behaviour by 14.66% in 2020, Shoplifting by 3.63% in 2023, and Violence and sexual offences by 2.68% in 2021 and 3.44% in 2023. Conversely, there were significant drops in crime rates including a decrease in Anti-social behaviour by 7.06% in 2021 and 12.77% in 2022, a reduction in Drugs by 1.68% in 2022, a decrease in Other theft by 2.06% in 2020, a reduction in Shoplifting by 3.3% in 2020, a decrease in Vehicle crime by 1.54% in 2020, and a reduction in Violence and sexual offences by 1.88% in 2020.

Swansea crime incidents by crime type

A total of 23873 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 8391 (35.1)%
Anti-social behaviour – 4013 (16.8)%
Public order – 2547 (10.7)%
Shoplifting – 2219 (9.3)%
Criminal damage and arson – 2029 (8.5)%
Other theft – 1491 (6.2)%
Vehicle crime – 983 (4.1)%
Burglary – 612 (2.6)%
Drugs – 511 (2.1)%
Other crime – 353 (1.5)%
Bicycle theft – 286 (1.2)%
Theft from the person – 185 (0.8)%
Possession of weapons – 172 (0.7)%
Robbery – 81 (0.3)%

How does Swansea compare against nearby areas ?

Swansea ranks 7th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

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Crime rates in Swansea wards

There are 32 wards within Swansea. Castle (Swansea), Waterfront, Mynydd-bach has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 32 wards from high crime rate to low.