Postcode · Welshpool
Crime in SY21 9DB
How much crime is recorded in SY21 9DB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Four Crosses & Guilsfield
- Council
- Powys
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,321 (2024)
SY21 9DBWelshpool
How safe is SY21 9DB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY21 9DB area, well 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
20.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
35
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 9DBNational
Violence and sexual offences18.623.6
Drugs3.32.4
Anti-social behaviour3.210.7
Other theft2.84.5
Criminal damage and arson2.44.7
Burglary1.99.1
Other crime1.71.5
Public order1.44.6
Vehicle crime0.53.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 10% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.