Crime Statistics for Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Carmarthen in August 2024. There were a total of 350 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 Carmarthen, 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	179
Shoplifting	37
Public Order	35
Criminal Damage Arson	23
Other Theft	20
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Other Crime	13
Burglary	10
Drugs	6
Robbery	5
Vehicle Crime	2
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	350

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Carmarthen. 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 Carmarthen

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen)	389
Carmarthen	293
Tanerdy (0.88 miles)	179
Ffynnon-ddrain (0.88 miles)	173
Johnstown (1.39 miles)	34
Abergwili (1.39 miles)	32
Bolahaul (1.39 miles)	16
Bryn Myrddin (1.96 miles)	14
Peniel (2.78 miles)	3
Cwmffrwd (1.96 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Carmarthen?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen)	182
Carmarthen	179
Ffynnon-ddrain	73
Tanerdy	71
Johnstown	20
Abergwili	16
Bolahaul	10
Bryn Myrddin	6
Peniel	3
Cwmffrwd	0

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

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 Carmarthen 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 Carmarthen compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Carmarthen and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Carmarthen have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Cynwyl Elfed.

#	Ward	Score
1	Carmarthen Town South	98
2	Carmarthen Town North	97
3	Llangunnor	97
4	Carmarthen Town West	96
5	Llanfihangel-ar-Arth	95
6	Trelech	95
7	St. Clears	95
8	St. Ishmael	94
9	Llansteffan	94
10	Abergwili	94
11	Cynwyl Elfed	94

Which road in Carmarthen has the highest level of crime?

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