Crime Rate in Burry Port, ward

Burry Port has the 10th highest crime rate of 51 wards in Carmarthenshire district and the 1018th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Burry Port in the last 12 months was 123.9 per 1,000 residents and was 45.6% higher than the Carmarthenshire district average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Burry Port’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 233 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 268 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Burry Port ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Heol Dyfatty, with 37 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around New Street (24 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.