Total Crime Rate

91.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.8 7/10
  • Drugs 16.2 9/10
  • Other theft 16.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

This area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Aberystwyth Penparcau , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 235 local areas in Ceredigion .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around This (SY23 1BE) in the last 12 months was 91.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% lower than the Aberystwyth Penparcau average (106.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode SY23 1BE, the main crime hotspot is near Tan Y Cae. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in SY23 1BE area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A487 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prospect Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cwrt-Yr-Angor Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gray'S Inn Road
Sep 2025Theft from the person High Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lon Rhosmari Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vulcan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ffordd Pen Maes Glas Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glyndŵr Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol-Y-Bont Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cae Ropos Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs A487 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft A487 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lon Rhosmari Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cae Ropos Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tan Y Cae Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tan Y Cae Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Pen-Yr-Angor Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rhes Rheidol Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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