Total Crime Rate

561.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 561.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 162.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 157.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 65.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.6 10/10
  • Public order 48.3 10/10
  • Other theft 39.5 10/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.8 9/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Derwydd Houses area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Burry Port , and the 11th highest crime rate of 595 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 Derwydd Houses (SA16 0HB) in the last 12 months was 561.4 per 1,000 residents and was 367.6% higher than the Burry Port average (120.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 428.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -7.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 214.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Derwydd Houses (SA16 0HB), the main crime hotspot is near Tan-Y-Bryn. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Derwydd Houses area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llys Ashburnham Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tirwaun Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tirwaun Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Y Derwydd Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burry Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Heol Vaughan Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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