Four Crosses’s story
12 listed buildings
Cadw lists them inside Four Crosses’ built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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Four CrossesPowys
The village has 1,469 residents and lies in Powys, Wales.
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Photo: John Firth · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
1,469
Census 2021 · Powys council
Median home
£245K
68 sales in 3 years
Median age
49.2
26% are 65+ · Powys 27%
Degree level
33%
of residents 16+ · Wales 31%
Walk, cycle, bus
6%
of commuters · Wales 16%
Is Four Crosses a good place to live?
Police record less crime here than in most towns (A+): 10.2 violent and sexual offences and 1.8 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Residents are healthier than most (B+): 5.4% in bad or very bad health, 16.6% disabled. Its weakest subject is walkability: 6% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. At a median £245,250, a home costs 5.8 times the yearly income of households in the Powys council area. It also trails on hazard risk (D): 5.8% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · health, Census 2021 (the grade adjusts for age) · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Natural Resources Wales · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS. Four Crosses is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
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.
What makes Four Crosses stand out
The 3 things Four Crosses does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
6% leave the car
Listed buildings per 10,000 residents
History
0 Grade II*; 3.4 times the typical UK town for its size
Cadw’s list, October 2026.
94%of UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Safety
of UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Per resident, police.uk, 3 years.
How Four Crosses grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Four Crosses is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Four Crosses is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
SafetyVery little crime by comparisonA+Open →WalkabilityAmong the weakest of the towns comparedD−Open →Hazard riskGraded on exposure to natural hazardsDOpen →HealthResidents are healthier than in most townsB+Open →Jobs & incomeBelow the middle of the towns comparedCOpen →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnB−Open →
SchoolsNot published in Wales–
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
HistoryMore history than most townsB+Open →Outdoors53% live within 400 m of a park; 1.9 ha of public green space per 1,000 residentsD−Open →Civic life2.7 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryC+Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Four Crosses.
Safety
Per resident, Four Crosses sees less crime than 97% of UK towns
Over the year to August 2026, 37 offences were reported in Four Crosses, along with 1 incidents of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Four Crosses records less crime per resident than 94% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people. There were 0.8 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), lower than both Powys’ towns (9) and Wales’s towns (10.4). Violence and sexual offences accounted for 62% of recorded crime.
10.2violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearA+Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 94% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: less crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual23
Other theft6
Damage & arson4
Public order2
Shoplifting1
Drugs1
Burglary0
Vehicle crime0
Anti-social1
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.
10.2
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
1.8
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
0.8
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
37
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Schools
1 state school in Four Crosses
It is listed below. Its one primary school teaches 55 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llandysilio C.I.W. SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 55 | – |
Welsh Government · schools list · Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.The Schools page →
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C
Only 16% of Four Crosses’ commuters work within 5 km, fewer than in both Powys’ towns and Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 27% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car carried 93% of commuters at the census. Unemployment benefit claims came to 2% of 16 to 64s in 2026, below Powys’ towns (3%) and Wales’s towns (3%) alike. Households take home £46K a year before tax, on average. About 8% of its commuters stay in Four Crosses for work.
6%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving93%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
16%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
27%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£46K
mean household income, before tax
2%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
D−
Walkability: more walkable than 3% of UK towns
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Health
Disability is less common in Four Crosses, 17% of residents, than in Powys’ towns and Wales’s towns
Asked at the census, 81% of residents of Four Crosses said they were in good or very good health. Seeing a GP means leaving Four Crosses: the nearest practice is 4.3 miles away. Men in Four Crosses can expect to live to 83, women to 84.8 (2019–23). The nearest A&E to Four Crosses is Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, 12.5 miles away.
81%good or very good healthB+Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 81%Fair 13%Bad or very bad 5%
| Census 2021 | Four Crosses | Powys | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 78% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 22% | 22% |
83
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
84.8
life expectancy at birth, women
Welsh towns’ Health Grades use 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’ also use OHID’s small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy.
History
Listed buildings in Four Crosses: 12
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Listed buildings per head: 82 for every 10,000 residents of Four Crosses. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a quarter of the total, about level with Wales’s towns (27%) and below Powys’ towns (33%). One scheduled monument lies locally.
12listed buildingsB+History Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II12
1
scheduled monument
0
registered parks and gardens
26%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
82
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
HousingCost of living grade B−
Most households in Four Crosses own their home: 78%, more than in both Powys’ towns and Wales’s towns
4% live in social housing, below Powys’ towns (20%) and Wales’s towns (18%) alike. Private rents average £621 a month across the Powys council area. The median sale, £245,250, comes from 68 standard sales inside Four Crosses’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
£245Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Four Crosses£245K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £300,000 | 33 |
| Semi-detached | £202,500 | 24 |
| Terraced | £160,000 | 7 |
78%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
18%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£621
average private rent a month, Powys council area
£2,352
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Four Crosses, fewer than in both Powys’ towns and Wales’s towns
26% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Powys’ towns (27%) and above Wales’s towns (21%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of the town. Four Crosses has a median age of 49.2 years. Degrees are held by a third of adults.
49.2median age
Four CrossesPowysWales
Ages · share of residents
26%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications16%
Apprenticeship5%
A levels or similar21%
Degree level33%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Four Crosses | Powys | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.5% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 27% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.4% | 6.2% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 33% | 30% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Powys and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Four Crosses
13pages on Four Crosses
The big questions
SafetyA+10.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingB−Median home £245K · rent £621 a monthHousing23 sold in 12 months · busiest street Parc HafodSchools1 state school (no results published in Wales)HealthB+Work & commuteC48% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsD5.8% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Four Crosses’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
LlanymynechPantGuilsfieldMordaOswestryWelshpoolLlanfyllinFour Crosses
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Crosses | 1,469 | — | — | B− | A+ | B+ |
| Llanymynech | 1,040 | 1.4 | — | A | B | A− |
| Pant | 1,173 | 2.3 | — | B− | A | A− |
| Guilsfield | 1,160 | 5.3 | — | B | A | B+ |
| Morda | 1,976 | 5.7 | — | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Oswestry | 17,500 | 7 | C+ | A | C | C |
| Welshpool | 5,460 | 7.3 | C− | A− | D− | D |
| Llanfyllin | 1,118 | 8.1 | — | A | C− | B− |
Llanymynech, Pant, Guilsfield, Morda and Llanfyllin have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Four Crosses
How many listed buildings are there in Four Crosses?
12 on Cadw’s list. That is 3.4 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Does Four Crosses flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
About Four Crosses
Village in Powys, Wales
Four Crosses is a built-up area of 1,469 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
- Population
- 1,469 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Powys
- County
- Powys
- Region
- Wales
- Area
- 0.3 sq mi (0.7 km²)
- ONS code
- W45000195
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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