Total Crime Rate
82.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026James Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Lliedi , and the 194th highest crime rate of 591 local areas in Carmarthenshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around James Street (SA15 1DU) in the last 12 months was 82.2 per 1,000 residents and was 21.0% lower than the Lliedi average (104.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 47.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around James Street (SA15 1DU), the main crime hotspot is near Bus/Coach Station. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Llanelli| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Corporation Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marblehall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penry Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Zion Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corporation Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pottery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wern Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clos Andreas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clos Andreas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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