Crime Rate in Caersws, ward

Caersws has the 19th highest crime rate of 60 wards in Powys district and the 3716th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Caersws in the last 12 months was 63.3 per 1,000 residents and was 13.5% lower than the Powys district average (73.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Caersws’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 1200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 34.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Caersws ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Gerddi Cledan. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.