Total Crime Rate

115.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 115.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.7 7/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.7 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • 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
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

Priory Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Aberporth and Y Ferwig , and the 55th highest crime rate of 235 local areas in Ceredigion .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Street (SA43 1BU) in the last 12 months was 115.7 per 1,000 residents and was 167.9% higher than the Aberporth and Y Ferwig average (43.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 63.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Street (SA43 1BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chancery Lane, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pendre (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Aberporth and Y Ferwig

Crime Over Time in Priory Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morgan Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pendre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting North Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pendre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chancery Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finch'S Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Finch'S Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Upper Mwldan Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pendre
Sep 2025Drugs Castle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Feidrfair Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ebens Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morgan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pendre Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Finch'S Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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