Total Crime Rate

129.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 129.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Fifth Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Aberystwyth Penparcau , and the 49th highest crime rate of 235 local areas in Ceredigion .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fifth Avenue (SY23 1RE) in the last 12 months was 129.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 87.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fifth Avenue (SY23 1RE), the main crime hotspot is near Bryn Ystwyth. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fifth Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clos Gerallt Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maesheli Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Second Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Second Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clos Gwilym Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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