Total Crime Rate

1024.5 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 1024.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 460.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 122.7 10/10
  • Public order 107.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 92.0 10/10
  • Drugs 64.4 10/10
  • Other theft 55.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 42.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 27.6 10/10
  • Burglary 21.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 8/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lammas Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Carmarthen Town North and South , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 595 local areas in Carmarthenshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lammas Street (SA31 3AD) in the last 12 months was 1024.5 per 1,000 residents and was 413.2% 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 150 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 194 (β‰ˆ 595.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lammas Street (SA31 3AD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lammas Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quay Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merlin Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clos Morgan β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clos Morgan β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clos Morgan β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Dark Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dark Gate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dark Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Water Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pentrefelin Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Merlin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lammas Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Red Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Red Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Myrddin Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chapel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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