Total Crime Rate
120.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gerddi Glandwr area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Newtown Central and South , and the 69th highest crime rate of 434 local areas in Powys .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gerddi Glandwr (SY16 1RJ) in the last 12 months was 120.6 per 1,000 residents and was 41.8% lower than the Newtown Central and South average (207.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -13.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gerddi Glandwr (SY16 1RJ), the main crime hotspot is near Heol-Y-Coleg. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Newtown Central and South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Minafon | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Heol-Y-Coleg | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Minafon | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lon Dolafon | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lon Dolafon | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Heol Pengwern | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Heol-Y-Coleg | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Heol-Y-Coleg | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heol-Y-Coleg | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol-Y-Coleg | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol-Y-Coleg | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol-Y-Coleg | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol-Y-Coleg | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clos Glandwr | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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