Total Crime Rate

178.7 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 178.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 34.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.2 10/10
  • Public order 15.7 9/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Maes Yr Haf area has the 7th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Aberporth and Y Ferwig , and the 29th 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 Maes Yr Haf (SA43 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 178.7 per 1,000 residents and was 313.9% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 90.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Maes Yr Haf (SA43 1EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Maes Yr Haf area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rhos-Y-Dre Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bro Teifi Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Finch'S Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting North Road Under investigation
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 2025Drugs Finch'S Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finch'S Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maes-Yr-Haf Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maes-Yr-Haf Under investigation

Data Sources

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