Crime Rate in Saron, ward

Saron has the 26th lowest crime rate of 51 wards in Carmarthenshire district and the 3339th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Saron in the last 12 months was 57.2 per 1,000 residents and was 32.8% lower than the Carmarthenshire district average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Saron’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 136 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 162 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Saron ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Rhodfa Frank, with 44 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Banc Y Ddraenen (31 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.