Ammanford & Betws
Middle areaSouth east Carmarthenshire. 7,938 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 14 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 27% of people in Ammanford & Betws live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Ammanford & Betws
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ammanford & Betws at a rate of 109.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.7 per 1,000 people across Carmarthenshire.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 398 |
| Other crime | 152 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 109 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 80 |
| Drug offences | 42 |
| Shoplifting | 35 |
| Burglary | 30 |
| Vehicle crime | 15 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
| Robbery | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Ammanford & Betws compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Ammanford & Betws safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ammanford & Betws at a rate of 109.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.7 per 1,000 people across Carmarthenshire.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 70 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ammanford & Betws.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (398), other crime (152) and anti-social behaviour (109).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Carmarthenshire
These figures are published for the whole of Carmarthenshire, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Carmarthenshire and not Ammanford & Betws alone. See Carmarthenshire
Ammanford & Betws in brief
The median price paid for a home in Ammanford & Betws was £210,000 in 2025.
Ammanford & Betws had 7,837 usual residents at the census.
About 27% of people in Ammanford & Betws live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ammanford & Betws, 82.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.