Crime Rate in Betws, ward

Betws has the 21st highest crime rate of 51 wards in Carmarthenshire district and the 3581st highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Betws in the last 12 months was 65.3 per 1,000 residents and was 23.3% lower than the Carmarthenshire district average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Betws’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Betws ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Treforis. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.