Newtown West
WardNorth Powys. About 1,921 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 8.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Newtown West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Newtown West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Newtown West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newtown West at a rate of 29.7 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, 7 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Newtown West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (28), other crime (15) and criminal damage and arson (4).
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 Newtown West alone. See Powys
Newtown West in brief
Newtown West had 1,893 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Newtown West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Newtown West, 85.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Newtown West, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.