Postcode · Swansea
Crime in SA5 8JG
How much crime is recorded in SA5 8JG, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cockett
- Council
- Swansea
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,109 (2024)
SA5 8JGSwansea
How safe is SA5 8JG
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 20.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SA5 8JG area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
75
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
SA5 8JGNational
Shoplifting30.88.4
Violence and sexual offences13.023.6
Burglary10.79.1
Public order7.24.6
Anti-social behaviour7.110.7
Criminal damage and arson4.74.7
Vehicle crime3.33.5
Other crime1.91.5
Other theft1.44.5
Drugs1.02.4
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Theft from the person0.62.1
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 29% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.