Total Crime Rate

245.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 245.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 64.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.1 9/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Public order 16.1 9/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pretoria 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.

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Crime Over Time in Pretoria Buildings area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cambrian Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambrian Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station

Data Sources

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