Total Crime Rate

364.9 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 364.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 103.6 10/10
  • Drugs 63.1 10/10
  • Other theft 36.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.5 10/10
  • Burglary 27.0 10/10
  • Public order 27.0 10/10
  • Other crime 13.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 4.5 3/10
  • Theft from the person 4.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Robbery 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

Marine 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.

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Crime Over Time in Marine Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastgate
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chalybeate Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fford Portland Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sqwâr Owain Glyndŵr Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sqwâr Owain Glyndŵr Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sqwâr Owain Glyndŵr Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Stryd Y Baddon Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portland Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalybeate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalybeate Street 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 2025Shoplifting Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alfred Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastgate
Sep 2025Burglary Eastgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Eastgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4346 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B4346
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stryd Y Corfforeath Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Morfa Mawr Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ffordd-Y-Mor

Data Sources

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