Postcode · Welshpool
Crime in SY21 7LY
How much crime is recorded in SY21 7LY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Welshpool
- Council
- Powys
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,221 (2024)
SY21 7LYWelshpool
How safe is SY21 7LY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 42.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY21 7LY area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 8 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
8/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
42.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
65
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 7LYNational
Violence and sexual offences36.223.6
Burglary7.59.1
Criminal damage and arson6.54.7
Anti-social behaviour4.610.7
Public order4.64.6
Other theft3.64.5
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Other crime1.81.5
Drugs1.62.4
Possession of weapons1.40.9
Theft from the person0.32.1
Shoplifting0.18.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.