Total Crime Rate

118.8 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 118.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.5 9/10
  • Public order 19.8 9/10
  • Drugs 14.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.0 3/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lovedon Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 54th 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 118.8 per 1,000 residents and was 32.3% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 74.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.5% 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 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alexandra Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lovedon Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalybeate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ffordd-Y-Mor
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 Trinity Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ffordd-Y-Mor
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fford Portland Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chalybeate Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chalybeate Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chalybeate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalybeate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalybeate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portland Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sqwâr Owain Glyndŵr Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stryd Y Corfforeath Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stryd Y Dollborth Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Vaynor Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trefor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coedlan Y Llwyfen Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B4346
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thespian Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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