Crime Rate in Burry Port, ward

Burry Port has the 9th highest crime rate of 51 wards in Carmarthenshire district and the 1141st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Burry Port in the last 12 months was 120.1 per 1,000 residents and was 44.5% higher than the Carmarthenshire district average (83.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Burry Port’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 208 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 442.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 241 (≈ 58.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Burry Port ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 41 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Bridge Street (17 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.