Total Crime Rate

120.6 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 120.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.3 8/10
  • Burglary 17.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Other crime 10.6 10/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

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 Glandwr (SY16 1RQ) 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 Glandwr (SY16 1RQ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Glandwr area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol-Y-Coleg Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Minafon Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Heol-Y-Coleg Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Heol-Y-Coleg Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol-Y-Coleg Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol-Y-Coleg Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Heol-Y-Coleg Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Heol-Y-Coleg Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Heol Pengwern Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lon Dolafon Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lon Dolafon
Sep 2025Shoplifting Minafon Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol-Y-Coleg Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clos Glandwr Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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