Total Crime Rate

142.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

74.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 142.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 74.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.2 9/10
  • Drugs 37.0 10/10
  • Public order 15.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 10.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Yr Odyn area has the 6th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Aberystwyth Penparcau , and the 43rd 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 Yr Odyn (SY23 1BL) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 73.2% higher than the Aberystwyth Penparcau average (82.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 74.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yr Odyn (SY23 1BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A487 (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Yr Odyn area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Cwrt-Yr-Angor Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cae Ropos Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A487 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A487 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Powell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A487 Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Harbour Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rhes Rheidol Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Rhes Rheidol Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pen-Yr-Angor Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Pen-Yr-Angor Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Pen-Yr-Angor Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tan Y Cae Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Riverside Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Prospect Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Prospect Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Prospect Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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