SA6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Swansea, Morriston and Cwmrhydyceirw, 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 SA6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 85% of people in SA6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SA6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SA6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA6 at a rate of 84.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across the SA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 297 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,328), other crime (664) and anti-social behaviour (305).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA6 was 93.1 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 SA6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA6 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in SA6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swansea 002A | 1,447 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 53.1% |
| Swansea 002B | 1,396 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 51.9% |
| Swansea 002C | 1,492 | 92.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.6% |
| Swansea 002D | 1,418 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 51.8% |
| Swansea 002E | 1,551 | 97.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 52.4% |
| Swansea 002F | 1,829 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 57.2% |
| Swansea 003A | 1,397 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Swansea 003B | 1,292 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Swansea 003C | 1,387 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Swansea 003D | 1,351 | 124.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Swansea 003E | 1,490 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| Swansea 003F | 1,761 | 126.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| Swansea 004A | 1,415 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Swansea 008A | 1,513 | 106.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Swansea 008B | 1,392 | 133.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Swansea 008C | 1,441 | 198.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.6% |
| Swansea 008D | 1,566 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| Swansea 008E | 1,437 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Swansea 009A | 1,953 | 145.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Swansea 009B | 1,505 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Swansea 009C | 1,438 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Swansea 009F | 1,186 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Swansea 016C | 1,442 | 99.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
MPs for SA6
- Torsten BellLabourMP for Swansea West65% of SA6’s postcodes
- Carolyn HarrisLabourMP for Neath and Swansea East25% of SA6’s postcodes
- Tonia AntoniazziLabourMP for Gower9.8% of SA6’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 SA64
Postcode sectors in SA64
Council1
Towns in SA62
Postcode districts next to SA67
More in the SA postcode area2
SA6 in brief
SA6 is a postcode district covering Swansea, Morriston and Cwmrhydyceirw, in Swansea.
About 34,226 people lived in SA6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 383 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 84.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SA6 was £180,000 in 2025.
SA6 had 32,742 usual residents at the census.
About 85% of people in SA6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SA6, 89.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.