Total Crime Rate
305.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
140.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woods Row area has the 7th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Carmarthen Town North and South , and the 26th highest crime rate of 591 local areas in Carmarthenshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woods Row (SA31 1BX) in the last 12 months was 305.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.5% higher than the Carmarthen Town North and South average (206.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 140.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woods Row (SA31 1BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spilman Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wood'S Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orchard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chapel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Chapel Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spilman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spilman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spilman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spilman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wood'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heol San Pedr | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A484 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A484 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A484 | Under investigation |
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