Crime Rate in Welshpool Castle, ward

Welshpool Castle has the 3rd highest crime rate of 60 wards in Powys district and the 337th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Welshpool Castle in the last 12 months was 187.0 per 1,000 residents and was 155.5% higher than the Powys district average (73.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Welshpool Castle’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 276 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 330 (≈ 103.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Welshpool Castle ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 43 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Berriew Street (26 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.