Kidwelly and St Ishmael
WardSouth west Carmarthenshire. About 5,069 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 30 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Kidwelly and St Ishmael live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Kidwelly and St Ishmael compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Kidwelly and St Ishmael safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kidwelly and St Ishmael at a rate of 66.9 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, 31 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kidwelly and St Ishmael.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (165), other crime (60) and criminal damage and arson (48).
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 ward, so they describe all of Carmarthenshire and not Kidwelly and St Ishmael alone. See Carmarthenshire
Kidwelly and St Ishmael in brief
Kidwelly and St Ishmael had 5,049 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Kidwelly and St Ishmael live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Kidwelly and St Ishmael, 52.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Kidwelly and St Ishmael, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.