Bala & Mawddwy
Middle areaEast Gwynedd. 5,729 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 565 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Bala & Mawddwy live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Bala & Mawddwy
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bala & Mawddwy at a rate of 52.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.8 per 1,000 people across Gwynedd.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 127 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 72 |
| Other crime | 46 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 36 |
| Burglary | 9 |
| Vehicle crime | 5 |
| Shoplifting | 3 |
| Drug offences | 2 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Theft from the person | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Bala & Mawddwy compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bala & Mawddwy safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bala & Mawddwy at a rate of 52.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.8 per 1,000 people across Gwynedd.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 43 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bala & Mawddwy.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (127), anti-social behaviour (72) and other crime (46).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Gwynedd
These figures are published for the whole of Gwynedd, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Gwynedd and not Bala & Mawddwy alone. See Gwynedd
Bala & Mawddwy in brief
The median price paid for a home in Bala & Mawddwy was £180,000 in 2025.
Bala & Mawddwy had 5,679 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Bala & Mawddwy live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bala & Mawddwy, 72.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.