Total Crime Rate

36.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 36.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Gerddi Rheidol area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Aberystwyth Penparcau , and the 74th 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 Gerddi Rheidol (SY23 1DB) in the last 12 months was 36.7 per 1,000 residents and was 65.6% lower than the Aberystwyth Penparcau average (106.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2021. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2021.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 9.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gerddi Rheidol (SY23 1DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A487 (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gerddi Rheidol area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cwrt-Yr-Angor Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glyndŵr Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cae Ropos Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cae Ropos Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A487 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs A487 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft A487 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol-Y-Bont Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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