Total Crime Rate
364.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Marine Terrace area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 6th highest crime rate of 235 local areas in Ceredigion .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Marine Terrace (SY23 2BX) in the last 12 months was 364.9 per 1,000 residents and was 108.0% higher than the Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais average (175.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 144.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 146.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marine Terrace (SY23 2BX), the main crime hotspot is near Eastgate. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastgate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chalybeate Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fford Portland | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sqwâr Owain Glyndŵr | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sqwâr Owain Glyndŵr | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sqwâr Owain Glyndŵr | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stryd Y Baddon | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalybeate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalybeate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalybeate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chalybeate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chalybeate Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ffordd-Y-Mor | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ffordd-Y-Mor | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastgate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Eastgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Eastgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4346 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B4346 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryd Y Corfforeath | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Morfa Mawr | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ffordd-Y-Mor | — |
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