LD2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Builth Wells, 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 LD2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in LD2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LD2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LD2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LD2 at a rate of 62.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.6 per 1,000 people across the LD postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LD2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (172), other crime (60) and anti-social behaviour (45).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LD2 was 59.3 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 LD2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LD2 has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- 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 LD2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powys 014A | 1,262 | 125.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Powys 014B | 1,209 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.2% |
| Powys 014C | 1,397 | 18.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 55.3% |
| Powys 014D | 1,206 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 49.0% |
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 LD21
Postcode sectors in LD22
Council1
Postcode districts next to LD26
More in the LD postcode area2
LD2 in brief
LD2 is a postcode district covering Builth Wells, in Powys.
About 5,476 people lived in LD2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 58 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 62.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LD2 was £275,000 in 2025.
LD2 had 5,602 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in LD2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LD2, 67.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.