Total Crime Rate
19.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fforest Fach area has the lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Hendy , and the 74th lowest crime rate of 591 local areas in Carmarthenshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fforest Fach (SA18 3PT) in the last 12 months was 19.7 per 1,000 residents and was 47.4% lower than the Hendy average (37.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 14.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fforest Fach (SA18 3PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fforestfach, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tycroes Road (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Tycroes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome | |
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