Postcode · Builth Wells
Crime in LD2 3AT
How much crime is recorded in LD2 3AT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Builth Wells & Llanwrtyd Wells
- Council
- Powys
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,191 (2024)
LD2 3ATBuilth Wells
How safe is LD2 3AT
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 22.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the LD2 3AT area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
36
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
LD2 3ATNational
Violence and sexual offences18.723.6
Burglary9.09.1
Anti-social behaviour3.110.7
Criminal damage and arson2.84.7
Other theft2.74.5
Public order1.74.6
Drugs1.72.4
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Theft from the person1.22.1
Other crime0.11.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 20% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.