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Burglary in Swansea

12 months to June 2026

1.7per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 430 burglary offences in Swansea in the 12 months to June 2026, down 12.1% (59) on the previous 12 months. That is 1.7 per 1,000 residents against 3.6 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Burglary
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 249,429

Monthly, December 2010 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: December 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01002002010201520202025December 2010: 93 offencesJanuary 2011: 145 offencesFebruary 2011: 133 offencesMarch 2011: 132 offencesApril 2011: 146 offencesMay 2011: 162 offencesJune 2011: 136 offencesJuly 2011: 156 offencesAugust 2011: 140 offencesSeptember 2011: 107 offencesOctober 2011: 126 offencesNovember 2011: 142 offencesDecember 2011: 140 offencesJanuary 2012: 138 offencesFebruary 2012: 126 offencesMarch 2012: 129 offencesApril 2012: 132 offencesMay 2012: 160 offencesJune 2012: 205 offencesJuly 2012: 178 offencesAugust 2012: 145 offencesSeptember 2012: 153 offencesOctober 2012: 176 offencesNovember 2012: 238 offencesDecember 2012: 168 offencesJanuary 2013: 142 offencesFebruary 2013: 121 offencesMarch 2013: 141 offencesApril 2013: 133 offencesMay 2013: 105 offencesJune 2013: 120 offencesJuly 2013: 144 offencesAugust 2013: 95 offencesSeptember 2013: 120 offencesOctober 2013: 145 offencesNovember 2013: 143 offencesDecember 2013: 130 offencesJanuary 2014: 125 offencesFebruary 2014: 118 offencesMarch 2014: 154 offencesApril 2014: 132 offencesMay 2014: 183 offencesJune 2014: 160 offencesJuly 2014: 135 offencesAugust 2014: 117 offencesSeptember 2014: 157 offencesOctober 2014: 136 offencesNovember 2014: 135 offencesDecember 2014: 156 offencesJanuary 2015: 99 offencesFebruary 2015: 112 offencesMarch 2015: 132 offencesApril 2015: 158 offencesMay 2015: 119 offencesJune 2015: 141 offencesJuly 2015: 162 offencesAugust 2015: 138 offencesSeptember 2015: 136 offencesOctober 2015: 141 offencesNovember 2015: 106 offencesDecember 2015: 108 offencesJanuary 2016: 73 offencesFebruary 2016: 96 offencesMarch 2016: 117 offencesApril 2016: 78 offencesMay 2016: 123 offencesJune 2016: 81 offencesJuly 2016: 94 offencesAugust 2016: 112 offencesSeptember 2016: 76 offencesOctober 2016: 129 offencesNovember 2016: 105 offencesDecember 2016: 117 offencesJanuary 2017: 95 offencesFebruary 2017: 88 offencesMarch 2017: 113 offencesApril 2017: 115 offencesMay 2017: 134 offencesJune 2017: 106 offencesJuly 2017: 112 offencesAugust 2017: 131 offencesSeptember 2017: 120 offencesOctober 2017: 132 offencesNovember 2017: 147 offencesDecember 2017: 134 offencesJanuary 2018: 98 offencesFebruary 2018: 95 offencesMarch 2018: 110 offencesApril 2018: 100 offencesMay 2018: 110 offencesJune 2018: 114 offencesJuly 2018: 84 offencesAugust 2018: 149 offencesSeptember 2018: 106 offencesOctober 2018: 111 offencesNovember 2018: 108 offencesDecember 2018: 92 offencesJanuary 2019: 91 offencesFebruary 2019: 74 offencesMarch 2019: 116 offencesApril 2019: 100 offencesMay 2019: 90 offencesJune 2019: 88 offencesJuly 2019: 104 offencesAugust 2019: 112 offencesSeptember 2019: 92 offencesOctober 2019: 127 offencesNovember 2019: 113 offencesDecember 2019: 73 offencesJanuary 2020: 96 offencesFebruary 2020: 80 offencesMarch 2020: 80 offencesApril 2020: 70 offencesMay 2020: 70 offencesJune 2020: 74 offencesJuly 2020: 109 offencesAugust 2020: 94 offencesSeptember 2020: 74 offencesOctober 2020: 69 offencesNovember 2020: 78 offencesDecember 2020: 62 offencesJanuary 2021: 73 offencesFebruary 2021: 60 offencesMarch 2021: 63 offencesApril 2021: 47 offencesMay 2021: 59 offencesJune 2021: 59 offencesJuly 2021: 49 offencesAugust 2021: 59 offencesSeptember 2021: 55 offencesOctober 2021: 56 offencesNovember 2021: 54 offencesDecember 2021: 38 offencesJanuary 2022: 45 offencesFebruary 2022: 54 offencesMarch 2022: 54 offencesApril 2022: 51 offencesMay 2022: 57 offencesJune 2022: 56 offencesJuly 2022: 60 offencesAugust 2022: 56 offencesSeptember 2022: 55 offencesOctober 2022: 61 offencesNovember 2022: 60 offencesDecember 2022: 43 offencesJanuary 2023: 53 offencesFebruary 2023: 49 offencesMarch 2023: 44 offencesApril 2023: 46 offencesMay 2023: 48 offencesJune 2023: 37 offencesJuly 2023: 48 offencesAugust 2023: 62 offencesSeptember 2023: 62 offencesOctober 2023: 61 offencesNovember 2023: 53 offencesDecember 2023: 50 offencesJanuary 2024: 61 offencesFebruary 2024: 43 offencesMarch 2024: 47 offencesApril 2024: 20 offencesMay 2024: 67 offencesJune 2024: 38 offencesJuly 2024: 46 offencesAugust 2024: 45 offencesSeptember 2024: 36 offencesOctober 2024: 37 offencesNovember 2024: 50 offencesDecember 2024: 40 offencesJanuary 2025: 45 offencesFebruary 2025: 40 offencesMarch 2025: 35 offencesApril 2025: 42 offencesMay 2025: 36 offencesJune 2025: 37 offencesJuly 2025: 31 offencesAugust 2025: 38 offencesSeptember 2025: 27 offencesOctober 2025: 42 offencesNovember 2025: 30 offencesDecember 2025: 38 offencesJanuary 2026: 36 offencesFebruary 2026: 39 offencesMarch 2026: 49 offencesApril 2026: 36 offencesMay 2026: 26 offencesJune 2026: 38 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 2011947 (partial)
June 20121,7017.12012
June 20131,8207.62013
June 20141,6496.92014
June 20151,5976.72015
June 20161,3595.72016
June 20171,2845.42017
June 20181,4035.92018
June 20191,2095.12019
June 20201,0914.62020
June 20218473.62021
June 20226282.62022
June 20236122.52023
June 20246122.42024
June 20254892.02025
June 20264301.72025

What this measures

Offences where a person enters a building as a trespasser with intent to steal or commit another offence; residential and non-residential burglary are both included in this police.uk category.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Swansea

Every local authority ranked by burglary rate · All recorded crime in Swansea