Total Crime Rate

394.1 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 394.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 182.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 64.0 10/10
  • Public order 34.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 34.5 7/10
  • Drugs 19.7 10/10
  • Other theft 19.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.8 8/10
  • Robbery 9.9 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.9 8/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Barn Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Carmarthen Town North and South , and the 15th highest crime rate of 595 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 Barn Road (SA31 1DD) in the last 12 months was 394.1 per 1,000 residents and was 97.4% higher than the Carmarthen Town North and South average (199.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 226.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barn Road (SA31 1DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 96 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.

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Crime Over Time in Barn Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quay Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Red Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Orchard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chapel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Spilman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spilman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spilman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spilman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mansel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spilman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Red Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dark Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dark Gate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dark Gate Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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