Total Crime Rate

527.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

267.7 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 527.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 267.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 219.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 78.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.5 10/10
  • Public order 44.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 37.2 8/10
  • Drugs 29.7 10/10
  • Other theft 26.0 10/10
  • Burglary 11.2 9/10
  • Other crime 11.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 7.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Queen Street area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 3rd 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 Queen Street (SY23 1PU) in the last 12 months was 527.9 per 1,000 residents and was 220.4% 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 267.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queen Street (SY23 1PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ffordd-Y-Mor, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Y Stryd Fawr (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Queen Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/75)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Riverside Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queen Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Alfred Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alfred Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A487 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A487 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A487 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ffordd-Y-Mor —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pier Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Y Stryd Fawr Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd-Y-Mor Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Pier Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft B4346 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Y Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Y Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Y Stryd Fawr Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons High Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

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