Total Crime Rate
52.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bryn Yr Eglwys area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Lampeter , and the 110th lowest crime rate of 235 local areas in Ceredigion .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bryn Yr Eglwys (SA48 7ES) in the last 12 months was 52.8 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% lower than the Lampeter average (139.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bryn Yr Eglwys (SA48 7ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maes-Y -Deri (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lampeter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambrian Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tai Pedr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peterwell Terrace | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Peterwell Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bryn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A485 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mount Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maes-Y -Deri | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ffynon Bedr | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ffynon Bedr | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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