Total Crime Rate
123.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Margarets Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Haverfordwest: Portfield , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 400 local areas in Pembrokeshire .
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 St Margarets Close (SA61 1LD) in the last 12 months was 123.4 per 1,000 residents and was 28.5% lower than the Haverfordwest: Portfield average (172.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 89.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Margarets Close (SA61 1LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fern Hill Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walter'S Avenue (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Merlin's Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walter'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Issell'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Church | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Walter'S Avenue | Under investigation |
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