Total Crime Rate
38.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Y Rhos area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Aberporth and Y Ferwig , and the 79th lowest crime rate of 235 local areas in Ceredigion .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Y Rhos (SA43 1NJ) in the last 12 months was 38.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.9% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Y Rhos (SA43 1NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maes Y Felin (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Aberporth and Y Ferwig| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Helyg | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Maesglas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heol Gollen | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heol Gollen | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rhos-Y-Dre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maesglas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maesglas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maesglas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Helyg | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dol Y Dintir | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Helyg | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Helyg | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maes Y Felin | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ger-Y-Maeni | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maes Y Felin | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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