Total Crime Rate

169.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 169.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.1 9/10
  • Drugs 51.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.6 9/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.4 3/10
  • Shoplifting 5.4 4/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Park Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Aberystwyth Penparcau , and the 31st 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 Park Avenue (SY23 1PG) in the last 12 months was 169.8 per 1,000 residents and was 59.1% higher than the Aberystwyth Penparcau average (106.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 78.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Avenue (SY23 1PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Police Station, where police recorded 50 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 Park Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Avenue
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cae Ropos Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cae Ropos Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glyndŵr Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalybeate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coedlan Y Llwyfen Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalybeate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stryd Cambria Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalybeate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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