Total Crime Rate

107.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

74.4 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 107.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 74.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.5 9/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Rheidol Terrace area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 65th 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 Rheidol Terrace (SY23 1JU) in the last 12 months was 107.8 per 1,000 residents and was 34.6% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 74.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rheidol Terrace (SY23 1JU), the main crime hotspot is near Y Stryd Fawr. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Rheidol Terrace area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/41)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Pier Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rhes Rheidol Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A487 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Harbour Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cwrt-Yr-Angor Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Promenade —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queen Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pier Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Powell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tan Y Cae Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Drugs Pen-Yr-Angor Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A487 Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Pen-Yr-Angor Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pen-Yr-Angor Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pier Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pier Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A487 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Y Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Maes Mihangel Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cwrt Iago Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Prospect Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Prospect Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Prospect Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maes Mihangel Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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