Brecon
Middle areaSouth Powys. 8,350 people in 11 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Brecon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Brecon
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brecon at a rate of 101.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 76.6 per 1,000 people across Powys.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 381 |
| Other crime | 149 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 98 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 91 |
| Drug offences | 41 |
| Burglary | 35 |
| Shoplifting | 27 |
| Vehicle crime | 21 |
| Robbery | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Brecon compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Brecon safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brecon at a rate of 101.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 76.6 per 1,000 people across Powys.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Brecon.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (381), other crime (149) and criminal damage and arson (98).
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 Powys
These figures are published for the whole of Powys, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Powys and not Brecon alone. See Powys
Brecon in brief
The median price paid for a home in Brecon was £263,000 in 2025.
Brecon had 8,256 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Brecon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Brecon, 76.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.