Total Crime Rate
111.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Llys Tawel area has the 12th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Aber-craf and Ystradgynlais , and the 81st highest crime rate of 434 local areas in Powys .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Llys Tawel (SA9 1BL) in the last 12 months was 111.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% higher than the Aber-craf and Ystradgynlais average (108.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 52.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Llys Tawel (SA9 1BL), the main crime hotspot is near Rhestr Fawr. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Drafnidiol | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Drafnidiol | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heol Ynyscedwyn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heol Drafnidiol | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heol Drafnidiol | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Heol Drafnidiol | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heol Drafnidiol | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rhestr Fawr | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heol Drafnidiol | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhestr Fawr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol James | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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