Crap Towns / Dyfed / Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest
84/100Crap Score
People from here are Longnecks.
162nd crappest of 984 towns, and 4th in Dyfed. Higher scores are crapper.
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Shops going. Pubs staying.
A castle, an old gaol, empty shops, and nothing to do but shop and get pissed.
Haverfordwest is Pembrokeshire's county town, and there's a castle to prove it. Under the castle it's empty shops and a town centre dying on its feet. They got rid of the multistorey, so you can't even park. Locals say there's nothing to do but shop and drink, and the shops are going, so guess.
Crime comes in at nearly two and a half times the typical town's rate and criminal damage at nearly three times. The last bus home is at 8.44pm, so nobody's leaving either. It rains on 164 days a year and the storm overflows go off for eight times the typical town's hours. Longnecks, they call themselves. Keep your head down.
What the score is made of
Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.
Haverfordwest's 99 for criminal damage and arson means it's crapper than 99% of towns.
- Criminal damage and arson99/10020.3 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Anti-social behaviour97/10022.8 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Sewage spills95/1002,204 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
- Rain88/100164 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
- Broadband87/10010.3% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 30.8% across the Pembrokeshire council area
- Serious road collisions73/1003.2 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
- Deliberate fires50/100
- Food hygiene42/1002.1% rated 0 to 2, of the 144 food businesses with a rating
- Fly-tipping15/1005.6 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Pembrokeshire council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
- Air pollution4/1004.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.1 of fine particles, 2024 average
| Pos | Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carmarthen | 91 |
| 2 | Llanelli | 90 |
| 3 | Milford Haven | 87 |
| 4 | Haverfordwest | 84 |
| 5 | Aberystwyth | 78 |
Haverfordwest by numbers
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Crime, muck and dodgy water
- 186 crimes per 1,000 people a year (September 2023 to August 2026) Worse: 2.4x the typical town's 76.2
- 9 reports of potholes and bad road surfaces on FixMyStreet, the most reported problem in the year to October 2026 Worse: 7.4 per 10,000 people, 2.2x the typical town's 3.4
What's left on the high street
- 6 pubs, 6 hairdressers, 3 charity shops, 1 bookmaker, 5 banks on the map here as of 1 October 2026
- 5.9% of takeaways rated 0 to 2 for hygiene (1 of 17) Worse: 48% higher than the typical town's 4.0%
- 3 bank branch closures announced since 2022 Worse: 24.8 per 100,000 people, 7.3x the typical town's 3.4
- 3 public toilets on the map (October 2026) Better: 2.5 per 10,000 people, 1.6x the typical town's 1.6
Getting about, getting online, getting rained on
- 8.44pm last bus out on a Wednesday Worse: Earlier than the typical town's 12.14am
- 0.3% of premises can't get superfast broadband (January 2026) Better: 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%
- 18.1% live more than 400 metres from a park or play space Worse: 17% higher than the typical town's 15.5%
- 1,508 hours of sunshine a year (1991 to 2020 average) About the same: About the same as the typical town's 1,532
Pembrokeshire council
Have a crap-off
Haverfordwest against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.
- ?Fly-tippingper 1,000, council area?
- ?Anti-social behaviourper 1,000 people?
- ?Serious road crashesper 10,000 people?
- ?Sewage spillshours per 10,000 people?
- ?Food hygienerated poor?
- ?Criminal damageper 1,000 people?
- ?Dirty airµg/m³?
- ?No gigabitof premises can't get it?
- ?Deliberate firesper 10,000 people?
- ?Raindays a year?
Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.