SA1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Swansea and Mount Pleasant, in Swansea.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SA1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SA1, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SA1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SA1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA1 at a rate of 161.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across the SA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 893 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,392), other crime (1,906) and shoplifting (1,223).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA1 was 166.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in SA1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA1 has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in SA1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neath Port Talbot 010I | 3,409 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 61.2% |
| Swansea 014A | 1,762 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| Swansea 014B | 2,211 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| Swansea 014C | 1,561 | 23.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.2% |
| Swansea 014D | 1,875 | 150.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.3% |
| Swansea 016A | 1,662 | 162.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Swansea 016B | 1,523 | 185.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Swansea 016D | 1,498 | 86.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.1% |
| Swansea 016E | 1,416 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Swansea 016F | 2,675 | 70.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.1% |
| Swansea 019A | 1,605 | 111.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Swansea 019B | 1,681 | 112.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Swansea 019C | 1,663 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Swansea 019D | 1,426 | 105.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Swansea 019E | 1,177 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Swansea 019F | 1,284 | 96.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Swansea 021A | 2,203 | 70.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Swansea 021C | 1,645 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.8% |
| Swansea 021D | 1,459 | 112.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.5% |
| Swansea 021E | 1,363 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.6% |
| Swansea 021F | 1,407 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.3% |
| Swansea 024A | 1,587 | 139.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.2% |
| Swansea 024C | 1,522 | 111.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Swansea 025B | 2,469 | 370.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.7% |
| Swansea 025C | 1,430 | 124.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.8% |
| Swansea 025F | 1,930 | 964.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.0% |
| Swansea 025H | 1,304 | 205.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.2% |
| Swansea 025I | 1,990 | 380.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 62.7% |
| Swansea 026A | 1,990 | 118.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| Swansea 026B | 1,770 | 72.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Swansea 026D | 1,904 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.2% |
MPs for SA1
- Torsten BellLabourMP for Swansea West70% of SA1’s postcodes
- Carolyn HarrisLabourMP for Neath and Swansea East28% of SA1’s postcodes
- Tonia AntoniazziLabourMP for Gower1.4% of SA1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SA16
Postcode sectors in SA19
Council1
Towns in SA11
Postcode districts next to SA15
Nearest rail stations3
More in the SA postcode area2
SA1 in brief
SA1 is a postcode district covering Swansea and Mount Pleasant, in Swansea.
About 58,176 people lived in SA1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £145,000 in 2025 across 522 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 161.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SA1 was £145,000 in 2025.
SA1 had 51,694 usual residents at the census.
In SA1, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SA1, 4.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.