Crime Rate in Penygroes, ward

Penygroes has the 20th lowest crime rate of 51 wards in Carmarthenshire district and the 2521st lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Penygroes in the last 12 months was 47.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.7% lower than the Carmarthenshire district average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Penygroes’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 93 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Penygroes ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Heol Y Llew Du. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.