Total Crime Rate
203.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Melville Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Pembroke Dock: Bufferland , and the 41st highest crime rate of 401 local areas in Pembrokeshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Melville Street (SA72 6XS) in the last 12 months was 203.6 per 1,000 residents and was 161.0% higher than the Pembroke Dock: Bufferland average (78.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 700.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 87.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 126.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Melville Street (SA72 6XS), the main crime hotspot is near Market Street. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Pembroke Dock: Bufferland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tregennis Hill | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Catalina Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembroke Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembroke Street | Under investigation |
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