# Ammanford

Town in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

Ammanford is a town in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Median sale price £208,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 108.7 per 1,000 people. About 8,405 people.

Town. Code W45000341. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire)

Ammanford is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Ammanford add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £208,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Ammanford was £208,000 in 2025. Joint 270th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/ammanford#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 8,282** (2021). Ammanford had 8,282 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 83rd least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/ammanford#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 19%** (2022). About 19% of people in Ammanford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/ammanford#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 84.7%** (January 2026). In Ammanford, 84.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/ammanford#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=W45000341) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 19% of people in Ammanford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=W45000341) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 105 homes were sold in Ammanford in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=W45000341) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Ammanford.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=W45000341) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Ammanford had 8,282 usual residents at the census.

## How Ammanford compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Ammanford | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £208,000 | 26th most expensive | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 |
| Population | 8,282 | 12th least populated | 76 towns, Wales · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 19% | 3rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 76 towns, Wales · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 84.7% | 11th lowest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 |

## Is Ammanford safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ammanford at a rate of 108.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales.
In August 2026 alone, 78 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ammanford.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (428), other crime (158) and anti-social behaviour (113).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Ammanford was 119.6 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 Ammanford, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Ammanford has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Ammanford

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Carmarthenshire 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire/neighbourhood/w01000625) | 1,128 | 131.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.5% |
| [Carmarthenshire 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire/neighbourhood/w01000626) | 1,619 | 235.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.1% |
| [Carmarthenshire 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire/neighbourhood/w01000627) | 2,398 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.2% |
| [Carmarthenshire 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire/neighbourhood/w01000714) | 1,416 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.5% |
| [Carmarthenshire 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire/neighbourhood/w01000715) | 1,276 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 63.9% |

## Your MP

- [Caerfyrddin](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/caerfyrddin): Ann Davies (Plaid Cymru), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire)

## Postcode districts covering Ammanford

[SA18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa18)

## Middle areas in Ammanford

[Ammanford & Betws](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire/ammanford-and-betws)

## Towns near Ammanford

[Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swansea), [Clydach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clydach), [Ystalyfera](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ystalyfera), [Gorseinon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gorseinon), [Llanelli](https://openindex.co.uk/town/llanelli), [Neath](https://openindex.co.uk/town/neath)

## Ammanford in brief

Ammanford is a town in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
About 8,405 people lived in Ammanford in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £208,000 in 2025 across 105 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 108.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Ammanford was £208,000 in 2025.
Ammanford had 8,282 usual residents at the census.
About 19% of people in Ammanford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ammanford, 84.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: W45000341
- Constituency: [Caerfyrddin †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/caerfyrddin)
- Council: [Carmarthenshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire)
- Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales)
- Area: 4.05 km²
- People, mid-2024: 8,405*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 27

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swansea), [Clydach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clydach), [Ystalyfera](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ystalyfera), [Gorseinon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gorseinon), [Llanelli](https://openindex.co.uk/town/llanelli), [Neath](https://openindex.co.uk/town/neath)

## Latest updates for Ammanford

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/W45000341

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/ammanford, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/ammanford#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/ammanford
