Postcode · Welshpool
Crime in SY21 8DS
How much crime is recorded in SY21 8DS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Montgomery, Trewern & Berriew
- Council
- Powys
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,394 (2024)
SY21 8DSWelshpool
How safe is SY21 8DS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 26.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY21 8DS area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
26.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
39
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 8DSNational
Violence and sexual offences23.823.6
Burglary7.29.1
Anti-social behaviour4.510.7
Public order4.44.6
Criminal damage and arson2.24.7
Other theft0.64.5
Other crime0.61.5
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Shoplifting0.48.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.