Builth Wells recorded 266 offences within a mile over the past year, and local police are focusing on anti-social behaviour around the Groe and the cattle market. We help Powys businesses respond with patrols, cameras and key holding.
Trusted Protection in Builth Wells
Half of the 266 offences logged near Builth Wells were violence and sexual offences, with anti-social behaviour, public order and criminal damage making up much of the rest. The total moved only 2% against a year earlier, so the pattern is steady rather than rising. For businesses, the practical concerns are damage to premises, disorder in the evenings and drug-related nuisance that police have linked to specific spots in town.
Builth Wells Business Profile
Powys has 8,785 registered businesses, and agriculture dominates with 3,250 of them, or 37% of the total compared with 4.5% across Great Britain. Construction follows on 960 and hospitality on 635. Farm security is often about distance: isolated barns, fuel tanks and machinery left in fields. Rural mobile patrols on changing schedules and solar CCTV towers that need no mains supply are the measures that fit.
Hospitality runs at 7.2% of Powys firms against 6.5% nationally, and Builth Wells has eight pubs and bars within 5km. Licensed premises can call on SIA door supervisors for busy nights, along with alarm response and key holding for the hours they are shut. Officers we place are BS 7858 vetted and paid through PAYE, and their patrols are logged by GPS and reported through our 24/7 control room.
Wyeside Art Centre, which includes a cinema, and the theatre space at Penmaenau Farm are the venues mapped nearby. Events there for 200 or more people will have Martyn's Law to consider once it starts, and we can provide stewards and entry checks. What Martyn's Law means for venues.
Sources: Go Security officer network (counts rounded to the nearest 5); ONS UK Business Counts via Nomis; place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Updated October 2026.
Security Requirements in Builth Wells
Builth Wells sits in Powys with two stations nearby, at Builth Road and Cilmeri, and the Irfon Enterprise Park as its mapped business site. Police name the Groe, the cattle market and the Royal Welsh Show Ground as places they patrol, alongside nearby Llanelwedd. No construction sites are mapped within 5km, so the main security demands come from farms, hospitality and events rather than building work.
Services in Builth Wells
Choose from the services below for farms, licensed premises, event organisers and units around Builth Wells.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Police.uk recorded 266 offences within a mile of Builth Wells in the twelve months to August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences account for 132 of the total. Anti-social behaviour is next at 35, followed by public order on 23, criminal damage and arson on 20 and shoplifting on 10. The latest quarter was up 2% on the year before. Public order and anti-social behaviour point to evening and weekend pressure, so licensed venues and shops benefit most from visible door staff, cameras and dependable alarm response.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
The Builth team of Dyfed-Powys Police is targeting drug activity and anti-social behaviour around the Groe, patrolling the cattle market and show ground, and running visits in Cwrt Y Castell.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Builth Wells.
Areas We Cover Near Builth Wells
Llandrindod Wells is 6 miles from Builth Wells, Llanwrtyd Wells 10 miles and Rhayader 11 miles, and we can extend patrol routes to all three.
Postcodes We Cover in Builth Wells
The 5 postcode districts nearest central Builth Wells, covering parts of Powys.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Builth Wells Security FAQs
Of 266 offences within a mile, public order accounted for 23 and criminal damage and arson for 20. Those are the categories most likely to affect a shop or pub, especially at weekends, and cameras with door staff are the usual answer.
Yes. Agriculture accounts for 3,250 Powys businesses, 37% of the total. Our rural patrols check yards, gates and outbuildings at varied times, and solar CCTV towers can protect machinery where there is no mains power.
Police already patrol the Royal Welsh Show Ground area. For organised events there or at Wyeside Art Centre, we can supply SIA-licensed stewards and help with Martyn's Law planning for crowds of 200 or more.
We can provide key holding, alarm response and scheduled mobile patrols for units there. Each visit is recorded by GPS, and our 24/7 control room passes on any issue the moment it is found.
Hospitality makes up 7.2% of Powys businesses, and there are eight pubs and bars within 5km of Builth Wells. We supply SIA-licensed door supervisors for regular weekends or one-off busy nights.
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