Total Crime Rate

108.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.4 9/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pontywal Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bronllys and Felin-fach , and the 77th highest crime rate of 434 local areas in Powys .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pontywal Lane (LD3 0HU) in the last 12 months was 108.6 per 1,000 residents and was 47.1% higher than the Bronllys and Felin-fach average (73.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 433.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 142.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 129.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pontywal Lane (LD3 0HU), the main crime hotspot is near Fosse Way. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Bronllys and Felin-fach

Crime Over Time in Pontywal Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fosse Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parc-Y-Berllan Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fosse Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Fosse Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parc-Y-Berllan Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parc-Y-Berllan Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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