Total Crime Rate

232.5 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 232.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.3 10/10
  • Drugs 21.9 10/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Priory Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Carmarthen Town North and South , and the 34th 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 Priory Street (SA31 1NB) in the last 12 months was 232.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.4% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 212.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 131.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 114.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Street (SA31 1NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Hall, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Capel Evan Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhodfa'R Gogledd Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Capel Evan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richmond Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richmond Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Richmond Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prosser Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Capel Evan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Court Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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