Fishguard grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 17% of UK towns, and #10 of 23 in Dyfed. Its strongest subject is walkability (B+): 19% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £41,584; 4.2% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £220,000 in the last three years, 5.2 times what households in the Pembrokeshire council area earn in a year.
Dyfed Powys Police published 32 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published. This town's Health Grade uses ONS's small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns' grades also use OHID's small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Fishguard is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fishguard.
History
More of the land in Fishguard is conservation area than in Dyfed’s towns or Wales’s towns: 13%
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
On this, Fishguard is above both Dyfed’s towns (0%) and Wales’s towns (0%). Fishguard has 333 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents. Fishguard has 114 listed buildings on Cadw’s list: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II*.
Fishguard skews older, with 32% of residents 65 or over, more than Dyfed’s towns or Wales’s towns
In the comparison, Fishguard comes above both Dyfed’s towns (24%) and Wales’s towns (21%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.2% of the population. The median resident of Fishguard is 52.4 years old.
52.4median age
FishguardDyfedWales
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications19%
Apprenticeship7%
A levels or similar15%
Degree level31%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenWalesMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
ONS Census 2021 · Dyfed and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Safety
Fishguard records more violent crime per resident than Dyfed’s towns or Wales’s towns, at 53 per 1,000 a year
For Fishguard, that is above both Dyfed’s towns (38.9) and Wales’s towns (33.8). Homes see 14.1 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Police recorded 334 crimes inside Fishguard’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 19 reports of anti-social behaviour.
53violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearDSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 7% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: more crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual186
Damage & arson44
Public order33
Shoplifting19
Other crime13
Drugs11
Other theft10
Burglary10
Anti-social19
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
53
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
14.1
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
7.8
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Health
77% of residents say their health is good or very good
77% of Fishguard’s residents described their health as good or very good in 2021, against 77% across Dyfed’s towns. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
77%good or very good healthC+Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 77%Fair 16%Bad or very bad 7%
Census 2021
Fishguard
Dyfed
Wales
Good or very good health
77%
77%
78%
Bad or very bad health
6.6%
7.4%
7.1%
Disabled (Equality Act)
23%
23%
22%
81.7
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
81.9
life expectancy at birth, women
Welsh towns’ Health Grades use ONS’s small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns’ also use OHID’s small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
Goodwick and Crundale have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Fishguard
How many listed buildings are there in Fishguard?
114 on Cadw’s list, 1 of them Grade II*. That is 13.7 times the typical UK town for its size.
Is Fishguard safe?
It has more crime per resident than most places its size: 93% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less. Police recorded 334 crimes inside Fishguard’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 56% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Does Fishguard flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
About Fishguard
Town in Dyfed, Wales
Fishguard is a built-up area of 3,422 people, in the Pembrokeshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Population
3,422 (Census 2021)
Council
Pembrokeshire
County
Dyfed
Region
Wales
Area
0.5 sq mi (1.2 km²)
ONS code
W45000281
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
