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A village of 2,108 in Powys, Wales.
Crickhowell has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is walkability (A−): 21% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is hazard risk (C−): 2.6% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The median home sold for £400,000 in the last three years, 9.4 times what households in the Powys council area earn in a year.
Dyfed Powys Police published 32 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published. This town's Health Grade uses ONS's small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns' grades also use OHID's small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
The 3 things Crickhowell does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Crickhowell is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists them inside Crickhowell’s built-up area, along with 2 scheduled monuments.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crickhowell.
On this, Crickhowell is above both Powys’ towns (27%) and Wales’s towns (21%). Under-15s account for 12% of the population. Crickhowell has a median age of 54.6.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Crickhowell | Powys | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.5% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 21% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 27% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.3% | 6.2% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 42% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Powys and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Its two schools are below. Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crickhowell C.P. SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 210 | – |
| Crickhowell High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 942 | – |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
In the comparison, Crickhowell comes above both Powys’ towns (12%) and Wales’s towns (0%). Crickhowell has 565 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents. Crickhowell’s listed buildings include Crickhowell Castle (remains of), Grade I.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 31% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For Crickhowell, that is above both Powys’ towns (£42K) and Wales’s towns (£44K). 2% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Crickhowell sits below both Powys’ towns (19%) and Wales’s towns (17%) on this measure. 70% of households own their home.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £460,000 | 42 |
| Semi-detached | £336,000 | 15 |
| Terraced | £250,000 | 7 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
That puts Crickhowell below both Powys’ towns (22%) and Wales’s towns (22%). The nearest A&E to Crickhowell is Prince Charles Hospital, 12.7 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
| Census 2021 | Crickhowell | Powys | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 78% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.7% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Violence came to 23.3 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Powys’ towns (41.8) and Wales’s towns (33.8). Police recorded 80 crimes inside Crickhowell’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 8 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 61% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Crickhowell. Best known first.
CastleCrickhowell Castlein town
FortCrug Hywel1.5 km outside town, to the north
CastleTretower Castle3.5 km outside town, to the northwest
Castle · CadwTretower Court3.4 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
9 notable people were born in Crickhowell.
Walter Cowan: Leonard Campbell Taylor, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crickhowell | 2,108 | — | — | C | B | B+ |
| Gilwern | 2,184 | 3.1 | — | C− | B | B− |
| Govilon | 1,342 | 4.2 | — | D | A | B− |
| Llangynidr | 1,038 | 4.2 | — | C− | A− | A− |
| Brynmawr | 5,250 | 4.7 | D− | B− | D− | D− |
| Abergavenny | 13,689 | 5.5 | D− | C− | D | C− |
| Nantyglo | 4,548 | 5.5 | D− | C+ | D | D− |
| Llanfoist | 2,007 | 5.6 | — | C− | C− | C+ |
Gilwern, Govilon, Llangynidr and Llanfoist have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
119 on Cadw’s list, 2 of them Grade I and 12 Grade II*. That is 23.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Crickhowell Castle (remains of). It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £400,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £250,000, semi-detached houses £336,000 and detached houses £460,000.
Village in Powys, Wales
Crickhowell is a built-up area of 2,108 people, in the Powys council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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