Photo: Deborah Tilley · CC BY-SA 2.0Crime per resident in Goodwick runs higher than in 79% of UK towns
Counting crimes police recorded inside Goodwick’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it grades C− for safety.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
Goodwick grades C− for safety
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
A fairly firm grade. Built on 271 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Goodwick against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
Against the typical town its size, Goodwick runs highest on criminal damage & arson (9.9 per 1,000 against 3.2), violence & sexual offences (35.7 per 1,000 against 16.6) and anti-social behaviour (7.4 per 1,000 against 5.3).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 72 | 35.7 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 20 | 9.9 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 15 | 7.4 | 5.3 |
| Public order | not graded | 8 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 7 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Other theft | not graded | 6 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 6 | 3 | 1.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 5 | 2.5 | 1.1 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
How Goodwick compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Goodwick, and others in Dyfed.
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 308 | Crundale Dyfed | 1,065 | 13.4 | 3.2 | 1.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 376 | Penrhyn-coch Dyfed | 1,378 | 15 | 2.7 | 1.9 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 570 | Tycroes Dyfed | 2,480 | 17.1 | 3.5 | 2.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 719 | Penybanc Dyfed | 1,165 | 18.4 | 4.5 | 1.9 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 1592 | Whaplode Lincolnshire | 1,106 | 38.3 | 11.5 | 16 | C− |
| 1593 | Llanddulas Clwyd | 1,097 | 32.5 | 17.3 | 15.8 | C− |
| 1594 | Silloth Cumbria | 2,542 | 40.5 | 9.4 | 6 | C− |
| 1595 | Goodwick Dyfed | 2,017 | 37.9 | 12.1 | 4.8 | C− |
| 1596 | Fishburn County Durham | 2,387 | 33.1 | 17.2 | 11.7 | C− |
| 1597 | Bettws Mid Glamorgan | 2,237 | 44 | 6.4 | 3.9 | C− |
| 1598 | Llanfoist Gwent | 2,007 | 36.2 | 14.3 | 31.9 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 1764 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
For every 1,000 residents, about 36 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
And about 13 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 8 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
Violent crime held steady over the year
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -3% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +29% (towns its size +0%).
Dyfed Powys Police published four months short or not at all (Jan 2024, Feb 2024, Mar 2024 and Apr 2024), so the line breaks there and those months are left out of the rates. “Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
No one died in a collision on Goodwick’s roads in 2021–2025
Collisions police recorded inside Goodwick’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Police recorded 3 collisions with injuries inside Goodwick in five years. 3 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Goodwick is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Goodwick’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Goodwick had 3.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Crime in the places around Goodwick
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwick | 2,017 | 37.9 | 12.1 | C− |
| Fishguard | 3,422 | 53 | 14.1 | D |
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Some months are short. Dyfed Powys Police published January 2024, February 2024, March 2024 and April 2024 only in part or not at all. Those months are left out of the rates, which average the months that were published in full; the raw counts include what was published.
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Goodwick sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Goodwick
Is Goodwick safe?
Police recorded 37.9 violent and sexual offences and 12.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Goodwick’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 21% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Goodwick has less crime per resident than 9%.
Is crime going up in Goodwick?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 29%, shoplifting and theft rose 300% and anti-social behaviour rose 200%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Goodwick?
Violence & sexual offences: 72 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (20) and public order (8), with 15 reports of anti-social behaviour.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · Welsh Government Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, community safety domain by LSOA · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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