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Safety in Llanfechain · police.uk, 2023–2026
Crime recorded in Llanfechain, and why it isn’t graded
Crimes police recorded inside Llanfechain’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 are shown here, without a Safety Grade. This Powys town has fewer than 1,000 residents, and Safety is graded only from 1,000, where a handful of incidents no longer moves the rate a long way. Typical years here bring 16.1 violent and sexual offences plus 1.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents.
Violent crime
16.1
per 1,000 residents a year · graded
Homes & vehicles
1.5
burglary, vehicle crime, damage · graded
Shoplifting & theft
2.9
per 1,000 a year · not graded
Anti-social behaviour
37.8
reports per 1,000 a year · not graded
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
By type
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour108.9
Violence & sexual offences11.7
Other theft7.8
Vehicle crime3.9
Shoplifting0
Criminal damage & arson0
Public order0
Burglary0
Drugs0
Other crime0
Bicycle theft0
Possession of weapons0
Robbery0
Theft from the person0
Violent (graded)Homes & vehicles (graded)Not gradedTypical town its size
Against the typical town its size, Llanfechain runs highest on anti-social behaviour (108.9 per 1,000 against 5.3).
Show as a table
Category
In the grade
Reports
Per 1,000
Typical
Anti-social behaviour
not graded
28
108.9
5.3
Violence & sexual offences
Violent
3
11.7
16.6
Other theft
not graded
2
7.8
2.5
Vehicle crime
Home & vehicle
1
3.9
1.5
Shoplifting
not graded
0
0
0
Criminal damage & arson
Home & vehicle
0
0
3.2
Public order
not graded
0
0
2.4
Burglary
Home & vehicle
0
0
1.6
Drugs
not graded
0
0
0.6
Other crime
not graded
0
0
1.1
Bicycle theft
not graded
0
0
0
Possession of weapons
Violent
0
0
0
Robbery
Violent
0
0
0
Theft from the person
not graded
0
0
0
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
violent and sexual offences, 12 months to August 2026
1
homes & vehicles
2
shoplifting & theft
24
of the three, per 1,000
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 4 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 8 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Trend · monthly
3 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 6 the year before
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
LlanfechainUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Homes & vehicles per 1,000 a year
LlanfechainUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month).
Llanfechain records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Four Crosses, 5.3 miles away, records 10.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Llanfechain’s 16.1.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
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Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Llanfechain sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
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Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Llanfechain
Is Llanfechain safe?
Police recorded 16.1 violent and sexual offences and 1.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Llanfechain’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Llanfechain?
Police recorded 3 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 6 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Llanfechain?
Violence & sexual offences: 3 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (2) and vehicle crime (1), with 28 reports of anti-social behaviour.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · Welsh Government Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, community safety domain by LSOA · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Church of St. Garmon · Photo: Ralf Tenbrink · CC BY-SA 4.0