Crime Rate in Gorslas, ward

Gorslas has the 11th lowest crime rate of 51 wards in Carmarthenshire district and the 1619th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Gorslas in the last 12 months was 38.7 per 1,000 residents and was 54.5% lower than the Carmarthenshire district average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Gorslas’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 101 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 128 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Gorslas ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Nant Y Dderwen. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.