Crime Rate in Ammanford, ward

Ammanford has the 7th highest crime rate of 51 wards in Carmarthenshire district and the 730th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Ammanford in the last 12 months was 139.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.0% higher than the Carmarthenshire district average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ammanford’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 354 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 15.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -46.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 431 (≈ 78.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ammanford ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.