Photo: Cered · CC BY-SA 2.0No grade for Llechryd, but its recorded crime is here
Crimes police recorded inside Llechryd’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 are shown here, without a Safety Grade. This Dyfed town has fewer than 1,000 residents, and Safety is graded from 1,000: below that, a handful of incidents moves the rate a long way. Violence recorded locally climbed 15% in a year. Per 1,000 residents a year, 43.4 violent and sexual offences and 11.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were recorded.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Llechryd
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 15% more violent crime per resident in Llechryd than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Llechryd runs highest on violence & sexual offences (51.1 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 45 | 51.1 | 16.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 9 | 10.2 | 2.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 8 | 9.1 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 7 | 8 | 3.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 4 | 4.5 | 2.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 2.3 | 0.6 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other crime | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 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.
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.
How crime in Llechryd has moved
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).
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 +15% (towns its size +3%).
Crime in Llechryd per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 5 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Crime in the places around Llechryd
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llechryd | 880 | 43.4 | 11.5 | — |
| Cardigan | 3,767 | 69.5 | 20.1 | D− |
| St Dogmaels | 1,013 | 23.3 | 7.4 | B− |
| Aberporth | 1,075 | 47.1 | 8.7 | C− |
| Newcastle Emlyn | 1,842 | 51.7 | 10.6 | D |
Llechryd records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 4 neighbours. St Dogmaels, 3.3 miles away, records 23.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Llechryd’s 43.4.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
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 Llechryd 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 Llechryd
Is Llechryd safe?
Police recorded 43.4 violent and sexual offences and 11.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Llechryd’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Llechryd?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 15%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 13%, shoplifting and theft fell 43% and anti-social behaviour rose 33%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Llechryd?
Violence & sexual offences: 45 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (9) and criminal damage & arson (7), with 8 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 · 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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