Placetrics
City · Wales

Living in Pembrokeshire

16 neighbourhoods · 71 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
0.62× nat.
38% below nat. avg · 62.2 / 1k / yr · #150 of 318 cities
Good schools
0%
% rated Good/Outstanding
Commute to hub
202 min
#308 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.36
#228 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£687/mo
+6.1% YoY · #21 of 314 cities
Council tax
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in Pembrokeshire

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

16 neighbourhoods · 71 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Milford Haven West£539+6.1%8524
Milford Haven East£566+6.1%4519
Pembroke Dock£572+6.1%8515
Pembroke West & Castlemartin£639+6.1%6722
Haverfordwest North£640+6.1%796
Haverfordwest South£641+6.1%4734
Neyland£670+6.1%6578
Cilgerran & Crymych£712+6.1%3980
Fishguard£713+6.1%3866
Johnston, Broad Haven & St Ishmaels£723+6.1%1777
Pembroke East & Manorbier£724+6.1%8184
Crundale, Clynderwen & Maenclochog£760+6.1%7592
Narberth£761+6.1%5787
Tenby & Caldey£783+6.1%2966
St Davids & Letterston£784+6.1%1576
Saundersfoot£805+6.1%5492

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Pembrokeshire

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Pembrokeshire. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.Milford Haven West£539/mo
  2. 2.Milford Haven East£566/mo
  3. 3.Pembroke Dock£572/mo
  4. 4.Pembroke West & Castlemartin£639/mo
  5. 5.Haverfordwest North£640/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Pembroke Dock85/100
  2. 2.Milford Haven West85/100
  3. 3.Pembroke East & Manorbier81/100
  4. 4.Haverfordwest North79/100
  5. 5.Crundale, Clynderwen & Maenclochog75/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Pembrokeshire.

Avg rent
£687/mo
#21 of 314 cities
Council tax
Sale price
£225,000
+1.4% YoY
Yrs to deposit
4.1 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£510/mo
2 bed£634/mo
3 bed£750/mo
4 bed£1,032/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£321,998
Semi-detached£202,330
Terraced£170,230
Flat£117,458
Affordability
Price-to-earnings8.3×
Rent / take-home30%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£1,184/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Pembrokeshire

Crime in Pembrokeshire runs at 38% below the national average. Above median (#150 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 62.2, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
62.2
#150 of 318 cities
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
35.2
Criminal damage & arson
6.8
Public order
6.4
Anti-social behaviour
4.9
Other theft
4.2
Burglary
2.9
Other crime
2.1
Drugs
2.0
Shoplifting
1.9
Vehicle crime
1.3
Possession of weapons
1.2
Robbery
0.8
Bicycle theft
0.8
Theft from the person
0.7
Safest neighbourhoods in Pembrokeshire
by safety score (higher = safer)
Crundale, Clynderwen & Maenclochog92/100
Saundersfoot92/100
Narberth87/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Pembrokeshire

Distribution of Ofsted ratings amongst schools serving this council area.

Good or Outstanding
Outstanding only
Good w/in 2 km
0%
#288 of 318 cities
Schools rated
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Outstanding (count)
Good (count)
Requires improvement
Inadequate
Best neighbourhoods for schools in Pembrokeshire
by school score
Haverfordwest South0/100
Neyland0/100
Pembroke Dock0/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Pembrokeshire

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

Best hub
202 min
#308 of 318 cities
To Cardiff
202 min
Median across local areas
To Bristol
258 min
Median across local areas
To London
295 min
Median across local areas
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
Cardiff
202 min
Bristol
258 min
London
295 min
Birmingham
332 min
Liverpool
358 min
Manchester
378 min
Sheffield
414 min
Leeds
447 min
Glasgow
547 min
Edinburgh
551 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car66%Public1%Active7%WFH22%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Pembrokeshire
by transport score
Milford Haven West92/100
Pembroke Dock72/100
Haverfordwest North72/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire has 0.36 jobs per resident locally. Below median

Jobs per resident
0.36
#228 of 318 cities
Drive to 5,000+ jobs
PT to 5,000+ jobs
5y jobs growth
-3.4%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs
PT — 100 jobs
Drive — 500 jobs
PT — 500 jobs
Drive — 5,000 jobs
PT — 5,000 jobs
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
32.0%
Health & social care
16.0%
Education
8.7%
Construction
6.7%
Manufacturing
4.8%
Professional & business svcs
4.0%
Tech & ICT
0.8%
Finance & insurance
0.6%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Pembrokeshire

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Pembrokeshire?
The median monthly rent across Pembrokeshire is £687, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Pembrokeshire?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Pembrokeshire by estimated median rent is Milford Haven West at approximately £539/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Pembrokeshire?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Pembrokeshire is Pembroke Dock at 85/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Pembrokeshire a safe area?
Pembrokeshire has an average safety score of 57/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is the average salary in Pembrokeshire?
The median annual resident salary in Pembrokeshire is £27,243, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Pembrokeshire, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Pembrokeshire?
The average property price in Pembrokeshire is approximately £221,682 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Pembrokeshire?
Gross rental yield in Pembrokeshire is approximately 3.4% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Pembrokeshire?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 4.1 years in Pembrokeshire. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Pembrokeshire?
100% of premises in Pembrokeshire are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Pembrokeshire?
3.6% of 16-64 residents in Pembrokeshire are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Pembrokeshire?
Pembrokeshire contains 16 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 71 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
How does Pembrokeshire compare to other UK areas?
Pembrokeshire's average liveability score is 55/100. To compare it side-by-side with another local authority, use the comparison tool at /compare. To see how every council area in Wales ranks across rent, safety, schools and transport, see /gb/wales.
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All sub-areas in Pembrokeshire

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.