Total Crime Rate

180.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 180.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.5 10/10
  • Public order 20.1 9/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.7 4/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Y Maes area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Disserth and Trecoed with Newbridge , and the 37th 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 Y Maes (LD6 5NP) in the last 12 months was 180.5 per 1,000 residents and was 465.0% higher than the Disserth and Trecoed with Newbridge average (32.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 1000.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 91.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 128.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Y Maes (LD6 5NP), the main crime hotspot is near Heol-Y-Brenin. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Disserth and Trecoed with Newbridge

Crime Over Time in Y Maes area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maes Cottage Estate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dark Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heol-Y-Brenin Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol-Y-Brenin —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heol-Y-Brenin —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hazlemere Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hazlemere Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazlemere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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