Crime in Whitland
Recorded crime in Whitland is 0.6 times the Carmarthenshire average and 0.5 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has risen 21%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Whitland (Hendy-Gwyn): about 1,739 residents in 4 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 8/10Low crime
- Living
- 2.9/10Weak
- 5-year change
- +21%more crimes
- vs the council
- 0.6×the Carmarthenshire average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Whitland.
Crime over 5 years
Up 21% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of Whitland, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 0.6× the Carmarthenshire average (0.5× the England and Wales average). 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 78% of the harm here
- Burglary: 9% of the harm here
- Other theft: 4% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 78% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 8.9 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Carmarthenshire (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Carmarthenshire council area, not only Whitland. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
Dyfed-Powys Police did not assign 7.6% of the crimes it recorded in 2025/26 to a council area, so these figures are lower than the true count.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 139 | 0.73 | Up 30% |
| Cars broken into | 105 | 0.55 | Down 4% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 1,034 | 5.4 | Up 8% |
| Burglary of homes | 273 | 1.4 | Down 12% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 0 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
How often crimes lead to a charge in SA34
In SA34, the postcode district at the centre of Whitland, 5% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 152 | 7% | 3% | 74% | 3% | 13% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 11% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
Carmarthenshire, 2023 to 2025: 337 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 141 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 28 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 42% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 0.0 |
| Burglary | 1.5 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 20.3 |
| Drugs | 1.0 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.5 |
| Other crime | 0.7 |
| Other theft | 2.8 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 0.1 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 1.3 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 5.1 |
| Public order | 4.1 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.1 |
| Shoplifting | 0.7 |
Postcode districts in Whitland
Nearby towns
Council: Carmarthenshire
Questions about crime in Whitland
- Is Whitland a safe place to live?
- Whitland scores 8 out of 10 for safety (low crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 0.6 times the Carmarthenshire average.
- Is crime going up or down in Whitland?
- Up 21% over 5 years, from 63 recorded crimes a year to 76.
- What is the most common crime in Whitland?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 20 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in Whitland compare with Carmarthenshire?
- Crime severity in Whitland is 0.6 times the Carmarthenshire average.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in Whitland?
- In SA34, the postcode district at the centre of Whitland, 5% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 20% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many cars are stolen in Whitland?
- In Carmarthenshire, the council area Whitland is in, the police recorded 139 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 0.7 per 1,000 residents, up 30% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Whitland?
- 1,034 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in Carmarthenshire, the council area Whitland is in, 5.4 per 1,000 residents, 1.1 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Whitland last year?
- No homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in 2025/26, in Carmarthenshire, the council area Whitland is in, against 2 the year before.