Total Crime Rate

128.9 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 128.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.4 9/10
  • Public order 15.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Bron Y Crug area has the 4th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Brecon East , and the 60th highest crime rate of 434 local areas in Powys .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bron Y Crug (LD3 9LF) in the last 12 months was 128.9 per 1,000 residents and was 21.9% higher than the Brecon East average (105.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 79.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bron Y Crug (LD3 9LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cradoc Close, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coryton Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bron Y Crug area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maes-Y-Ffynnon Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coryton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Uplands Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Y Ffynnon Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bron-Y-Crug Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bron-Y-Crug Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Uplands Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Uplands Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Uplands Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cradoc Close

Data Sources

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