Total Crime Rate

23.0 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

13.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 23.0 2/10
  • Violent crimes 13.2 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Vaenor Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 51st 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 Vaenor Street (SY23 2EN) in the last 12 months was 23.0 per 1,000 residents and was 86.0% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vaenor Street (SY23 2EN), 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 Vaenor Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thespian Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Apr 2026Other theft Ffordd-Y-Mor Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Stryd Y Dollborth Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Poplar Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poplar Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Poplar Row
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ffordd-Y-Mor
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Portland Street
Apr 2026Drugs Thespian Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Road
Apr 2026Public order Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Stryd Y Baddon Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stryd Cambria Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Castell Brychan Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovedon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Lovedon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lovedon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lovedon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rhodfa'R Gogledd Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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