Total Crime Rate

180.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 180.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Other theft 16.5 9/10
  • Burglary 13.2 9/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Other crime 9.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Dark Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Haverfordwest: Castle , and the 49th highest crime rate of 401 local areas in Pembrokeshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dark Street (SA61 2DS) in the last 12 months was 180.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% lower than the Haverfordwest: Castle average (318.7 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 88.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dark Street (SA61 2DS), the main crime hotspot is near The Friars Lane. Police recorded 128 crimes here, including 86 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Haverfordwest: Castle

Crime Over Time in Dark Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosemary Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Commerce Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swansquare Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shoemakers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences City Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Friars Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Queens Ditch Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Ditch Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Church Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Church Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bush Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bush Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swansquare Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Friars Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Friars Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Thomas Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swansquare

Data Sources

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