Crime Rate in Aber-craf and Ystradgynlais, ward

Aber-craf and Ystradgynlais has the 8th highest crime rate of 60 wards in Powys district and the 1689th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Aber-craf and Ystradgynlais in the last 12 months was 102.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.2% higher than the Powys district average (71.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Aber-craf and Ystradgynlais’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 201 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 229 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 59.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Aber-craf and Ystradgynlais ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Pen-Y-Bryn. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.