Rhiwcynon
WardNorth Powys. About 2,248 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 109 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Rhiwcynon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Rhiwcynon compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Rhiwcynon safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rhiwcynon at a rate of 71.6 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, 8 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rhiwcynon.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (110), violence and sexual offences (28) and other crime (9).
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 Rhiwcynon alone. See Powys
Rhiwcynon in brief
Rhiwcynon had 2,175 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Rhiwcynon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rhiwcynon, 74.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Rhiwcynon, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.