Total Crime Rate
41.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026North Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 82nd lowest crime rate of 235 local areas in Ceredigion .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around North Road (SY23 2EE) in the last 12 months was 41.3 per 1,000 residents and was 74.9% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around North Road (SY23 2EE), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thespian Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ffordd-Y-Mor | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parc Graig Glas | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Poplar Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lovedon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ffordd-Y-Mor | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ffordd-Y-Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ffordd-Y-Mor | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ffordd-Y-Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ffordd-Y-Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ffordd-Y-Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ffordd-Y-Mor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ffordd-Y-Mor | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thespian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stryd Cambria | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Castell Brychan | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhodfa'R Gogledd | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lovedon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lovedon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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