Total Crime Rate
23.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ffrydd Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Ithon Valley , and the 86th lowest crime rate of 434 local areas in Powys .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ffrydd Road (LD7 1DB) in the last 12 months was 23.7 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% lower than the Ithon Valley average (54.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ffrydd Road (LD7 1DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broad Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cemetery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cemetery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wylcwm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ffrydd Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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