Total Crime Rate

102.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 102.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.1 8/10
  • Public order 24.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Market Square area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Berriew and Castle Caereinion , and the 85th 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 Market Square (SY15 6PA) in the last 12 months was 102.5 per 1,000 residents and was 344.5% higher than the Berriew and Castle Caereinion average (23.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 69.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 240.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 179.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Square (SY15 6PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Square, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Bank (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Market Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kerry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kerry Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lions Bank Under investigation
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Data Sources

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