Pembroke grades D overall against UK towns: better than 5% of UK towns. Its strongest subject is cost of living (B+): median sale £199,000, 4.7 years of area income; rent £694 a month. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £41,242; 4.6% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
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 Pembroke is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pembroke.
Safety
Pembroke has more crime per resident than 92% of UK towns
Burglary and damage came to 16.4 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Dyfed’s towns (11) and Wales’s towns (10.7). Violence comes to 50.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Police recorded 771 crimes inside Pembroke’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 103 reports of anti-social behaviour.
50.6violent 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 & sexual448
Damage & arson104
Public order44
Shoplifting40
Other theft32
Burglary29
Drugs17
Weapons17
Anti-social103
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.
50.6
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
16.4
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
12.3
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
Much of Pembroke is a conservation area: 15% of its land, more than Dyfed’s towns or Wales’s towns
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Pembroke sits above both Dyfed’s towns (0%) and Wales’s towns (0%) on this measure. For its size, Pembroke has 173 listed buildings per 10,000 residents. Pembroke’s listed buildings include Monkton Old Hall, Grade I.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Health
Life expectancy in Pembroke is shorter than in 82% of UK towns
Women here live to 82.4 on average and men to 76.6 (2019–23). Pembroke has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.5 miles away. 25% of residents have a disability, above both Dyfed’s towns (23%) and Wales’s towns (22%).
76%good or very good healthDHealth Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 76%Fair 16%Bad or very bad 8%
Census 2021
Pembroke
Dyfed
Wales
Good or very good health
76%
77%
78%
Bad or very bad health
8.3%
7.4%
7.1%
Disabled (Equality Act)
25%
23%
22%
76.6
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
82.4
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.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Who lives here
Pembroke has fewer young adults than Dyfed’s towns or Wales’s towns: 9.9% are 15 to 24
In the comparison, Pembroke comes below both Dyfed’s towns (12%) and Wales’s towns (12%). 26% of residents are 65 or over. Half the people of Pembroke are older than 46.4.
46.4median age
PembrokeDyfedWales
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications21%
Apprenticeship7%
A levels or similar18%
Degree level28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenWalesMen
About 92 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.
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Johnston, Merlin's Bridge and Wooden have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Pembroke
How many listed buildings are there in Pembroke?
138 on Cadw’s list, 4 of them Grade I and 5 Grade II*. That is 7.1 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Pembroke Castle. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Is Pembroke 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 771 crimes inside Pembroke’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 58% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Does Pembroke flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Is Pembroke expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £199,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £90,000, terraced houses £170,000, semi-detached houses £190,000 and detached houses £285,000.
About Pembroke
Town in Dyfed, Wales
Pembroke is a built-up area of 7,963 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
7,963 (Census 2021)
Council
Pembrokeshire
County
Dyfed
Region
Wales
Area
1.1 sq mi (2.9 km²)
ONS code
W45000435
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.
