SA48
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lampeter, in Ceredigion and 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 SA48 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SA48, 47.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SA48 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SA48 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA48 at a rate of 118.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across the SA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 29 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA48.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (536), violence and sexual offences (251) and other crime (103).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA48 was 75.0 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 SA48, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA48 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in SA48
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmarthenshire 001C | 1,606 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.2% |
| Ceredigion 005B | 1,920 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 43.2% |
| Ceredigion 008A | 1,152 | 196.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 39.8% |
| Ceredigion 008B | 1,353 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 53.0% |
| Ceredigion 008C | 2,036 | 285.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 42.0% |
| Ceredigion 008D | 1,390 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 40.9% |
MPs for SA48
- Ben LakePlaid CymruMP for Ceredigion Preseli88% of SA48’s postcodes
- Ann DaviesPlaid CymruMP for Caerfyrddin12% of SA48’s postcodes
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 SA481
Postcode sectors in SA483
Councils SA48 covers2
Postcode districts next to SA487
More in the SA postcode area2
SA48 in brief
SA48 is a postcode district covering Lampeter, in Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire.
About 8,799 people lived in SA48 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 108 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 118.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SA48 was £225,000 in 2025.
SA48 had 8,641 usual residents at the census.
In SA48, 47.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SA48, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.