SA17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kidwelly, Mynyddygarreg and Ferryside, 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 SA17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SA17, 45.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SA17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SA17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA17 at a rate of 59.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across the SA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 59 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (328), other crime (99) and criminal damage and arson (87).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA17 was 52.4 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 SA17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA17 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in SA17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmarthenshire 012B | 2,239 | 51.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.2% |
| Carmarthenshire 012C | 1,651 | 18.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 49.0% |
| Carmarthenshire 012E | 1,361 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.1% |
| Carmarthenshire 018A | 1,559 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 36.5% |
| Carmarthenshire 018B | 2,133 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 34.1% |
| Carmarthenshire 018C | 1,239 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 11.6% |
| Carmarthenshire 018D | 1,261 | 110.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 4.5% |
Your MP
- Dame Nia GriffithLabourMP for Llanelli
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 SA172
Postcode sectors in SA172
Council1
Postcode districts next to SA174
Nearest rail stations2
More in the SA postcode area2
SA17 in brief
SA17 is a postcode district covering Kidwelly, Mynyddygarreg and Ferryside, in Carmarthenshire.
About 10,749 people lived in SA17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £192,149 in 2025 across 182 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SA17 was £192,149 in 2025.
SA17 had 10,632 usual residents at the census.
In SA17, 45.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SA17, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.