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SA32

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Peniel, in Carmarthenshire.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SA32 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In SA32, 39.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£283,000
1,023rd cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,777
604th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
39.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How SA32 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SA32Middle
Median sale price49 postcode districts, SA · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SA49 areas from £140,000 to £440,000. The middle area is £225,000. SA32 is £283,000.
£283,0007th most expensive
Population52 postcode districts, SA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SA52 areas from 256 to 51,694. The middle area is 10,195. SA32 is 7,777.
7,77722nd least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage52 postcode districts, SA · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SA52 areas from 13.7% to 98.5%. The middle area is 75.2%. SA32 is 39.1%.
39.1%10th lowest
Claimant rate47 postcode districts, SA · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in SA47 areas from 1.7% to 5.2%. The middle area is 3.1%. SA32 is 1.7%.
1.7%lowest

Is SA32 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA32 at a rate of 34.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across SA.

In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA32.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (127), other crime (60) and anti-social behaviour (33).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA32 was 29.6 per 1,000 people.

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.

Deprivation in SA32, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA32 has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

Neighbourhoods in SA32

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Carmarthenshire 005A2,33125.9 per 1,000766.1%
Carmarthenshire 005B1,39629.5 per 1,000713.3%
Carmarthenshire 005C1,04833.9 per 1,000436.3%
Carmarthenshire 012A2,07047.4 per 1,000626.5%
Carmarthenshire 012D1,34931.9 per 1,000878.4%

MPs for SA32

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in SA321

Postcode sectors in SA322

Council1

Postcode districts next to SA328

More in the SA postcode area2

SA32 in brief

SA32 is a postcode district covering Peniel, in Carmarthenshire.

About 7,747 people lived in SA32 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £283,000 in 2025 across 77 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 34.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SA32 was £283,000 in 2025.

SA32 had 7,777 usual residents at the census.

In SA32, 39.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In SA32, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.