Total Crime Rate
141.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
107.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fernhill Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Haverfordwest: Portfield , and the 73rd 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 Fernhill Road (SA61 1LE) in the last 12 months was 141.2 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 107.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fernhill Road (SA61 1LE), 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 | Freemans View | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Walter'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Church | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clay Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walter'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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