Crime Statistics for Castell-y-rhingyll, Gorslas, Carmarthenshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Castell-y-rhingyll in September 2024. There were a total of 28 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Castell-y-rhingyll, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime11
Other Theft4
Criminal Damage Arson3
Anti Social Behaviour3
Drugs3
Shoplifting2
Public Order1
Burglary1
All Crime28

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 Castell-y-rhingyll. 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 Castell-y-rhingyll

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Cae’r-bryn (1.39 miles)31
Gorslas (0.62 miles)30
Castell-y-rhingyll28
Capel Hendre (2.24 miles)17
Cross Hands (1.39 miles)16
Milo (2.24 miles)8
Temple Bar (1.96 miles)4
Carmel (1.39 miles)3
Blaenau (1.86 miles)2
Cwmgwili (2.48 miles)2

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of residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Castell-y-rhingyll?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Cae’r-bryn14
Gorslas12
Castell-y-rhingyll11
Capel Hendre9
Cross Hands6
Milo4
Blaenau2
Temple Bar1
Carmel1
Cwmgwili1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Castell-y-rhingyll?

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 Castell-y-rhingyll 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 Castell-y-rhingyll compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Ammanford99
2Llannon96
3Llandybie96
4Pontyberem95
5Betws95
6Gorslas95
7Tycroes95
8Llanddarog94
9Saron94
10Penygroes94
11Llanfihangel Aberbythych94

Which road in Castell-y-rhingyll has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
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