Total Crime Rate
355.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
201.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thomas Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Elli , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 591 local areas in Carmarthenshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thomas Street (SA15 3JE) in the last 12 months was 355.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.6% higher than the Elli average (282.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 201.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 58.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thomas Street (SA15 3JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Frederick Street, where police recorded 147 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cawdor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cawdor Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cowell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cawdor Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
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