Total Crime Rate

105.6 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 105.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Bryn Ysgol area has the 10th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Aberystwyth Penparcau , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 235 local areas in Ceredigion .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bryn Ysgol (SY23 1SL) in the last 12 months was 105.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% lower 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 84.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 84.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bryn Ysgol (SY23 1SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol Bryn (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bryn Ysgol area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order A4120 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Bryn Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heol Dinas Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Dinas Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Garth Dinas Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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