Public access to policing data for England and Wales.
Council area
Carmarthenshire crime rate and statistics (council area)
Updated October 2026.
Police published 16,481 street-crime records for the Carmarthenshire council area from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 5.8% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 87.7 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 84.9 for Dyfed-Powys Police. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
These figures cover the whole area Carmarthenshire council runs. Its boundary can differ from the place people call Carmarthenshire: it can take in other towns and villages, and part of a town can sit in a neighbouring council area.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
16,481
Latest month (August 2026)
1,351
Year-on-year
+5.8%
Month-by-month totals
1,6020
1.2k
Sep
1.2k
Oct
1.2k
Nov
1.2k
Dec
1.2k
Jan
1.3k
Feb
1.5k
Mar
1.6k
Apr
1.6k
May
1.5k
Jun
1.6k
Jul
1.4k
Aug
Show as a table
Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
1,151
October 2025
1,244
November 2025
1,242
December 2025
1,235
January 2026
1,249
February 2026
1,255
March 2026
1,501
April 2026
1,602
May 2026
1,598
June 2026
1,476
July 2026
1,577
August 2026
1,351
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
Carmarthenshire council area
87.7
Dyfed-Powys Police
84.9
Residents are the Census 2021 usual residents of every postcode the ONS Postcode Directory places in this council area, added up by CrimeMapsUK from the census postcode counts. Records are assigned through the same postcodes, so both numbers cover the same ground. The total can differ slightly from the council's official population.
16,481 records and 187,894 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Top crime categories
Share of the Carmarthenshire council area's records in the same trailing window. The black line on each bar marks the England and Wales share for the same months.
Violence and sexual offences45.6%
7,517 records · England and Wales 35.5%
Anti-social behaviour12.4%
2,046 records · England and Wales 15.7%
Criminal damage and arson9.9%
1,630 records · England and Wales 7.0%
Public order7.6%
1,247 records · England and Wales 6.9%
Other theft5.5%
905 records · England and Wales 6.7%
Shoplifting5.5%
902 records · England and Wales 8.7%
Burglary3.4%
559 records · England and Wales 3.7%
Drugs3.3%
548 records · England and Wales 3.4%
Where records cluster in the Carmarthenshire council area
A council area follows the council's boundary (ONS local authority district W06000010), which can differ from the place people call Carmarthenshire.
Published locations are approximate, and each record counts for the council area of its nearest postcode, using the council codes in the ONS Postcode Directory. Counts near the boundary are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Other sites can show a different figure for Carmarthenshire. These counts include anti-social behaviour, cover the 12 published months shown, and assign each record by its nearest postcode. The rate divides by Census 2021 residents of the same postcodes, not by a later mid-year population estimate.
Districts with a page and at least 5% of their live postcodes in this council area. A district can cross a council boundary, so its page counts records on both sides.