Crime Statistics for Brecon (Aberhonddu), Brecon, Powys, 2025

Is Brecon (Aberhonddu) rough? This is our street level crime rate statistics overview for January 2025. There were a total of 57 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Brecon (Aberhonddu), this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	28
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Drugs	4
Public Order	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Shoplifting	2
Burglary	2
Theft From The Person	1
Other Crime	1
Other Theft	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
All Crime	57

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2025

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Brecon (Aberhonddu). This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Brecon (Aberhonddu)

We've taken the ten nearest places to Brecon (Aberhonddu) and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Brecon (Aberhonddu) has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Llanddew (1.39 miles)	76
Aberhonddu (Brecon)	57
Brecon (Aberhonddu)	57
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal (0.28 miles)	56
Pendre (0.62 miles)	44
Tai’r Bull (3.62 miles)	1
Cradoc (2.24 miles)	0
Aberbran (3.77 miles)	0
Felinfach (4.39 miles)	0
Battle (2.77 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Brecon (Aberhonddu)?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Brecon (Aberhonddu) and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Llanddew	86
Aberhonddu (Brecon)	28
Brecon (Aberhonddu)	28
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal	27
Pendre	19
Tai’r Bull	1
Cradoc	0
Aberbran	0
Felinfach	0
Battle	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Brecon (Aberhonddu)?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Brecon (Aberhonddu) to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Brecon (Aberhonddu) compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Brecon (Aberhonddu) and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Brecon (Aberhonddu) have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is .

#	Ward	Score
1	St. Mary	97
2	Talgarth	96
3	St. John	96
4	St. David Within	96
5	Bronllys	95
6	Talybont-on-Usk	95
7	Maescar/Llywel	95
8	Llangors	95
9	Yscir	94
10	Felin-fâch	94

Which road in Brecon (Aberhonddu) has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Brecon (Aberhonddu) with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.