Maescar and Llywel
WardSouth Powys. About 1,761 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 254 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Maescar and Llywel live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Maescar and Llywel compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Maescar and Llywel safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Maescar and Llywel at a rate of 56.2 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, 9 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Maescar and Llywel.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (37), other crime (24) and drug offences (14).
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 ward, so they describe all of Powys and not Maescar and Llywel alone. See Powys
Maescar and Llywel in brief
Maescar and Llywel had 1,747 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Maescar and Llywel live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Maescar and Llywel, 22.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Maescar and Llywel, 1.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.