Crime Statistics for Capel, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Capel in September 2024. There were a total of 434 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Capel, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	209
Shoplifting	59
Anti Social Behaviour	50
Criminal Damage Arson	39
Public Order	32
Other Theft	14
Burglary	11
Drugs	8
Other Crime	6
Vehicle Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	434

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Capel. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Capel

We've taken the ten nearest places to Capel and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Capel has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Halfway (0.88 miles)	716
Capel	432
Penceiliogi (1.39 miles)	334
Dafen (0.62 miles)	218
Ty-isaf (1.39 miles)	191
Pemberton (1.39 miles)	191
Felinfoel (0.88 miles)	119
Swiss Valley (0.88 miles)	119
Bryn (1.96 miles)	67
Bynea (2.24 miles)	43

Where are the most violent places near Capel?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Capel and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Halfway	325
Capel	209
Ty-isaf	169
Dafen	147
Penceiliogi	140
Pemberton	78
Felinfoel	53
Swiss Valley	53
Bryn	21
Bynea	16

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Capel?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Capel to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Capel compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Capel and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Capel is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Tyisha	99
2	Elli	99
3	Bigyn	98
4	Glanymor	98
5	Lliedi	98
6	Dafen	98
7	Llwynhendy	98
8	Felinfoel	97
9	Bynea	96
10	Hengoed	96
11	Swiss Valley	94

Which road in Capel has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Capel with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.