Total Crime Rate

442.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

243.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 442.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 243.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 183.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 56.2 10/10
  • Public order 56.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 56.2 8/10
  • Drugs 26.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.5 9/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 7.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Robbery 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

Alexandra Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 8th 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 442.0 per 1,000 residents and was 168.3% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 243.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alexandra Road (SY23 1LN), the main crime hotspot is near Ffordd-Y-Mor. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Alexandra Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/41)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovedon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Stryd Y Dollborth Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Public order Lovedon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Portland Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd-Y-Mor Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd-Y-Mor Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ffordd-Y-Mor Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ffordd-Y-Mor —
Apr 2026Burglary Stryd Y Baddon Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Aberystwyth —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Glyndŵr Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lovedon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Lovedon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chalybeate Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poplar Row Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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