LD3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Brecon, in Powys.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an LD3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LD3, 56.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LD3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LD3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LD3 at a rate of 73.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.6 per 1,000 people across LD.
In August 2026 alone, 128 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LD3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (635), other crime (254) and criminal damage and arson (153).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LD3 was 71.8 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in LD3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LD3 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in LD3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powys 015A | 1,315 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 40.8% |
| Powys 015E | 1,701 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 28.0% |
| Powys 017A | 1,779 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.3% |
| Powys 017D | 1,517 | 246.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 60.8% |
| Powys 017E | 1,731 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.6% |
| Powys 017F | 1,839 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.7% |
| Powys 017G | 1,390 | 95.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 72.7% |
| Powys 018H | 2,149 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 63.9% |
| Powys 020A | 1,309 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 46.0% |
| Powys 020B | 1,747 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 22.7% |
| Powys 020C | 1,059 | 25.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 43.5% |
| Powys 020D | 1,872 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 31.5% |
Your MP
- David ChadwickLiberal DemocratMP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in LD32
Postcode sectors in LD35
Council1
Towns in LD31
Postcode districts next to LD39
More in the LD postcode area2
LD3 in brief
LD3 is a postcode district covering Brecon, in Powys.
About 19,381 people lived in LD3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 207 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 73.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LD3 was £280,000 in 2025.
LD3 had 19,285 usual residents at the census.
In LD3, 56.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LD3, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.