Total Crime Rate
855.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
295.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bridge Meadow Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Haverfordwest: Castle , and the 3rd 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 Bridge Meadow Lane (SA61 2EX) in the last 12 months was 855.1 per 1,000 residents and was 148.5% higher than the Haverfordwest: Castle average (344.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -15.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 102 (≈ 295.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bridge Meadow Lane (SA61 2EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Swansquare (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swansquare | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swansquare | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Swansquare | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jockey Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swansquare | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swansquare | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cartlett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cartlett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartlett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartlett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
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