Total Crime Rate

157.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 157.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.1 9/10
  • Public order 23.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.7 6/10
  • Other theft 13.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

New Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Ammanford , and the 78th 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 New Road (SA18 3EY) in the last 12 months was 157.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.4% higher than the Ammanford average (154.9 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 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 99.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (SA18 3EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heol Llwchwr, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ffynnon Las (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Llwchwr Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pen-Y-Banc Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ffordd Newydd Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol Llwchwr —
Sep 2025Burglary Heol Llwchwr Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Heol Llwchwr Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Heol Llwchwr Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pen-Y-Banc Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pen-Y-Banc Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ffordd Newydd Under investigation
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Data Sources

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