Total Crime Rate

108.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

69.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 108.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 69.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.5 9/10
  • Other theft 14.9 9/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.0 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lovedon Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 63rd 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 Lovedon Road (SY23 2ED) in the last 12 months was 108.9 per 1,000 residents and was 33.9% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 69.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lovedon Road (SY23 2ED), 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 Alexandra Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Lovedon Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Thespian Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poplar Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Poplar Row
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Portland Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morfa Mawr Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Road
Apr 2026Other theft Stryd Y Dollborth Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chalybeate Street
Apr 2026Public order Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thespian Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Castell Brychan 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 Ffordd-Y-Mor Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station
Apr 2026Drugs Stryd Cambria Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rhodfa'R Gogledd Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ffordd-Y-Mor
Apr 2026Other theft Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ffordd-Y-Mor Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Poplar Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Aberystwyth
Apr 2026Public order Stryd Y Corfforeath Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovedon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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