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

Plas Morolwg 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 Plas Morolwg (SY23 1BZ) 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 Plas Morolwg (SY23 1BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rhes Rheidol, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tan Y Cae (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Plas Morolwg area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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 Tan Y Cae Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rhes Rheidol Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tan Y Cae Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pen-Yr-Angor Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tan Y Cae Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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