Crime Rate in Brecon East, ward

Brecon East has the 7th highest crime rate of 60 wards in Powys district and the 1187th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Brecon East in the last 12 months was 115.6 per 1,000 residents and was 57.9% higher than the Powys district average (73.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Brecon East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 229 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -16.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 291 (≈ 63.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Brecon East ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.