Total Crime Rate
527.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
267.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Great Darkgate Street area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 235 local areas in Ceredigion .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Great Darkgate Street (SY23 1DE) in the last 12 months was 527.9 per 1,000 residents and was 220.4% higher than the Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais average (164.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 267.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Darkgate Street (SY23 1DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ffordd-Y-Mor, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Y Stryd Fawr (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Y Stryd Fawr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Y Stryd Fawr | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Y Stryd Fawr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Y Stryd Fawr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Y Stryd Fawr | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Y Stryd Fawr | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stryd Y Baddon | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morfa Mawr | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eastgate | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cwrt Iago | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eastgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prospect Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prospect Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prospect Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alfred Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ffordd-Y-Mor | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ffordd-Y-Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pier Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ffordd-Y-Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stryd Y Corfforeath | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverside Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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