Total Crime Rate

238.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 238.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 127.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.9 9/10
  • Drugs 15.9 9/10
  • Public order 15.9 9/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Other crime 10.6 9/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Theft from the person 5.3 7/10
  • Bicycle 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Yr Odyn area has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Aberystwyth Penparcau , and the 19th highest crime rate of 235 local areas in Ceredigion .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Yr Odyn (SY23 1BL) in the last 12 months was 238.1 per 1,000 residents and was 123.1% higher 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 107.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yr Odyn (SY23 1BL), 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 Yr Odyn area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cae Ropos Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tan Y Cae Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tan Y Cae Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tan Y Cae Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prospect Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cwrt-Yr-Angor Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol-Y-Bont Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
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 A487 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pen-Yr-Angor Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rhes Rheidol Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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