Total Crime Rate
51.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hilltop area has the 9th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Llangennech , and the 289th lowest crime rate of 591 local areas in Carmarthenshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hilltop (SA14 8DF) in the last 12 months was 51.1 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% higher than the Llangennech average (43.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 42.9% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hilltop (SA14 8DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Larch Crescent, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tree-Tops (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Llanelli| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heol Beili Glas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridgeway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glyn Y Swisdir | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glyn Y Swisdir | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Glyn Y Swisdir | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Glyn Y Swisdir | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glyn Y Swisdir | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Y Llan | Under investigation |
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