Total Crime Rate

92.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Elkington Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Burry Port , and the 159th highest crime rate of 595 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 Elkington Road (SA16 0AA) in the last 12 months was 92.4 per 1,000 residents and was 23.1% lower than the Burry Port average (120.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elkington Road (SA16 0AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gwelfor (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Elkington Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gwelfor Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llys-Y-Llyfrgell Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elkington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwelfor Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pen-Bre A Porth Tywyn Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pen-Bre A Porth Tywyn Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Brodawel Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwelfor Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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