Total Crime Rate
120.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pen Y Bigyn area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Glanymor , and the 126th highest crime rate of 591 local areas in Carmarthenshire .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pen Y Bigyn (SA15 1PB) in the last 12 months was 120.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.4% lower than the Glanymor average (140.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 78.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pen Y Bigyn (SA15 1PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Y Bwthyn, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pleasant Row (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Firth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Caswell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen Mary'S Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graig Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queen Mary'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Mary'S Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walter'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Firth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walter'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Langland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Y Bwthyn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ger Y Llan | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pen- Y-Bigyn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bigyn Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bigyn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prendergast Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pleasant Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pleasant Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Mary'S Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rice Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fron Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Llewellyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fron Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fron Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fron Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Margam Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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