Pembroke Dock: Bush, Pembrokeshire: Safety
Safety
Crime rates in Pembroke Dock: Bush are higher than the UK and Wales averages. The good news is that after peaking in 2025, they're now heading downward through 2026.
In 2024, the neighbourhood had 125 crimes per 1,000 people, compared to a UK average of 91.6. This jumped to 176.6 per 1,000 in 2025, but the monthly figures for 2026 so far show the trend is reversing. Violent crime accounts for the largest share of recorded incidents, which matches the pattern across the wider Pembroke Dock area.
Anti-social behaviour has dropped noticeably since 2025, which is encouraging. Vehicle crime stays low, and burglary figures are relatively small compared to the overall crime count.
Source: police-recorded crime for Pembroke Dock: Bush ward (Dyfed-Powys Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. Pembroke Dock: Bush ward: Dyfed-Powys Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
Pembroke Dock: Bush ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
213.9
Higher than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Higher than
Wales average
96.6
Neighbouring wards
Higher than
Pembroke Dock: Bufferland
73.7
Higher than
Pembroke Dock: Central
120
Higher than
Lamphey
40
Higher than
Pembroke Dock: Market
159
Higher than
Pembroke: St Mary North
112.5
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Pembroke Dock: Bush ward and the Wales average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences46%39%
- Criminal damage and arson10%9%
- Anti-social behaviour9%15%
- Shoplifting8%7%
- Public order8%10%
- Drugs5%3%
- Other theft4%5%
- Other crime3%3%
- Burglary2%3%
- Vehicle crime2%4%
- Possession of weapons1%1%
- Bicycle theft1%1%
- Theft from the person<1%1%
- Robbery<1%1%
