Total Crime Rate

94.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 94.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Waterloo Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Aberaeron and Aberarth , and the 70th highest crime rate of 235 local areas in Ceredigion .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waterloo Street (SA46 0BW) in the last 12 months was 94.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.8% lower than the Aberaeron and Aberarth average (103.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 7.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 74.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterloo Street (SA46 0BW), the main crime hotspot is near Water Street. Police recorded 20 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 Waterloo Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glan Y Mor Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Masons Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Masons Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stryd Buddug Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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