Total Crime Rate

116.6 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 116.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Burglary 22.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.5 6/10
  • Other theft 13.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 6/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Defynnog Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Brecon West , and the 75th 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 Defynnog Road (LD3 8RT) in the last 12 months was 116.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.0% higher than the Brecon West average (67.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Defynnog Road (LD3 8RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Defynnog Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
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Data Sources

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