Total Crime Rate

513.1 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 513.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 183.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 89.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 74.9 9/10
  • Public order 63.7 10/10
  • Drugs 26.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Burglary 11.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Alexandra Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 2nd 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 Alexandra Road (SY23 1LN) in the last 12 months was 513.1 per 1,000 residents and was 192.6% higher than the Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais average (175.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 258.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alexandra Road (SY23 1LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ffordd-Y-Mor, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alexandra Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Alexandra Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stryd Y Dollborth Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sqwâr Owain Glyndŵr Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sqwâr Owain Glyndŵr Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stryd Y Baddon Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glyndŵr Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Avenue
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fford Portland Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coedlan Y Llwyfen Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ffordd-Y-Mor
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ffordd-Y-Mor
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portland Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalybeate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalybeate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalybeate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chalybeate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chalybeate Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chalybeate Street

Data Sources

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