Total Crime Rate
383.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
145.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pool Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Dolforwyn , and the 8th highest crime rate of 434 local areas in Powys .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pool Road (SY16 1DS) in the last 12 months was 383.0 per 1,000 residents and was 938.2% higher than the Dolforwyn average (36.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 145.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pool Road (SY16 1DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Canal Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newtown East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cledan | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canal Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cwrt Cei Coed | Under investigation |
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