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Powys 003C

Neighbourhood

North east Powys. 1,776 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 12 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

In the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, Powys 003C is in decile 7.

Median sale price
£220,000
Joint 8,379th cheapest of 31,750
Worked out by Open Index
Population
1,712
Joint 13,008th most populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Powys 003C compares

Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.

Powys 003CMiddle
Median sale price69 neighbourhoods, Powys · 2025
Median sale price: every neighbourhood in Powys69 areas from £120,000 to £485,000. The middle area is £245,000. Powys 003C is £220,000.
£220,000joint 26th cheapest
Population79 neighbourhoods, Powys · 2021
Population: every neighbourhood in Powys79 areas from 1,035 to 2,399. The middle area is 1,683. Powys 003C is 1,712.
1,71237th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage79 neighbourhoods, Powys · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every neighbourhood in Powys79 areas from 8.8% to 99.2%. The middle area is 63.9%. Powys 003C is 93.8%.
93.8%5th highest
Claimant rate79 neighbourhoods, Powys · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every neighbourhood in Powys79 areas from 0.6% to 8.3%. The middle area is 2.2%. Powys 003C is 2.8%.
2.8%joint 26th highest

Is Powys 003C safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Powys 003C at a rate of 55.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 115.8 per 1,000 people across Welshpool.

Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 7 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Powys 003C.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (38), other crime (25) and anti-social behaviour (17).

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 neighbourhood, so they describe all of Powys and not Powys 003C alone. See Powys

Average house price
£237,042
Up 1.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,909
91st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.6×
Joint 136th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
134,843
No change in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Powys 003C in brief

The median price paid for a home in Powys 003C was £220,000 in 2025.

Powys 003C had 1,712 usual residents at the census.

In Powys 003C, 93.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Powys 003C, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.