Total Crime Rate
95.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broad Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Ithon Valley , and the 100th 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 Broad Street (LD8 2AF) in the last 12 months was 95.4 per 1,000 residents and was 75.2% higher 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 140.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 70.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broad Street (LD8 2AF), the main crime hotspot is near Lugg View. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Presteigne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Appletree Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pound Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lugg View | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lugg View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lugg View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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