Postcode · Welshpool
Crime in SY21 7FA
How much crime is recorded in SY21 7FA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Welshpool
- Council
- Powys
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,776 (2024)
SY21 7FAWelshpool
How safe is SY21 7FA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY21 7FA area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
SY21 7FANational
Violence and sexual offences14.223.6
Anti-social behaviour6.010.7
Other theft4.24.5
Public order2.44.6
Burglary2.49.1
Drugs2.32.4
Criminal damage and arson1.94.7
Other crime1.21.5
Vehicle crime0.73.5
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Shoplifting0.38.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 7% 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.