Crime in Llanwrtyd Wells
Recorded crime in Llanwrtyd Wells is 0.7 times the Powys average and 0.5 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has risen 3%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Llanwrtyd Wells: about 513 residents in 1 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 7/10Low crime
- Living
- 2.1/10Poor
- 5-year change
- +3%more crimes
- vs the council
- 0.7×the Powys average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Llanwrtyd Wells.
Crime over 5 years
Up 3% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of Llanwrtyd Wells, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 0.7× the Powys average (0.5× the England and Wales average). 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 69% of the harm here
- Burglary: 16% of the harm here
- Other theft: 6% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 69% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 13 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Powys (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Powys council area, not only Llanwrtyd Wells. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
Dyfed-Powys Police did not assign 7.6% of the crimes it recorded in 2025/26 to a council area, so these figures are lower than the true count.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 86 | 0.64 | Up 5% |
| Cars broken into | 47 | 0.35 | Down 43% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 560 | 4.1 | Up 10% |
| Burglary of homes | 157 | 1.2 | Down 17% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 1 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
Road collisions
Powys, 2023 to 2025: 329 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 143 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 33 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
2.4 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 44% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Burglary | 2.8 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 18.7 |
| Drugs | 0.9 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.2 |
| Other crime | 1.1 |
| Other theft | 4.7 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 0.1 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 1.0 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 7.2 |
| Public order | 4.3 |
| Shoplifting | 0.4 |
Postcode districts in Llanwrtyd Wells
Nearby towns
Council: Powys
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Questions about crime in Llanwrtyd Wells
- Is Llanwrtyd Wells a safe place to live?
- Llanwrtyd Wells scores 7 out of 10 for safety (low crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 0.7 times the Powys average.
- Is crime going up or down in Llanwrtyd Wells?
- Up 3% over 5 years, from 27 recorded crimes a year to 28.
- What is the most common crime in Llanwrtyd Wells?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 19 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in Llanwrtyd Wells compare with Powys?
- Crime severity in Llanwrtyd Wells is 0.7 times the Powys average.
- How many cars are stolen in Llanwrtyd Wells?
- In Powys, the council area Llanwrtyd Wells is in, the police recorded 86 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 0.6 per 1,000 residents, up 5% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Llanwrtyd Wells?
- 560 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in Powys, the council area Llanwrtyd Wells is in, 4.1 per 1,000 residents, 0.9 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Llanwrtyd Wells last year?
- 1 homicide (murder or manslaughter) was recorded in 2025/26, in Powys, the council area Llanwrtyd Wells is in, against 0 the year before. Police data does not say where in the area they happened.