Total Crime Rate
245.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pretoria Buildings area has the highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Aberdyfi , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Gwynedd .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pretoria Buildings (LL36 9AF) in the last 12 months was 245.0 per 1,000 residents and was 201.0% higher than the Aberdyfi average (81.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 100.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pretoria Buildings (LL36 9AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cambrian Square (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Aberdyfi| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cambrian Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambrian Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
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