Total Crime Rate

292.2 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 292.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 107.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.7 10/10
  • Public order 20.6 9/10
  • Other theft 16.5 9/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Greenfield Street area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Aberystwyth Penparcau , and the 11th 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 Greenfield Street (SY23 1PJ) in the last 12 months was 292.2 per 1,000 residents and was 173.8% higher than the Aberystwyth Penparcau average (106.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 86.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Greenfield Street (SY23 1PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Y Stryd Fawr. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Greenfield Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prospect Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences 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 Chalybeate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chalybeate Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chalybeate Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coedlan Y Llwyfen Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lon Rhosmari Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lon Rhosmari Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Y Stryd Fawr Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Y Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Y Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Y Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Y Stryd Fawr Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ffordd-Y-Mor
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ffordd-Y-Mor
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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