Total Crime Rate

351.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

144.1 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 351.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 144.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.6 10/10
  • Drugs 76.6 10/10
  • Public order 45.1 10/10
  • Other theft 40.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.0 9/10
  • Burglary 18.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.5 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cambridge Terrace area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 11th 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 Cambridge Terrace (SY23 2HR) in the last 12 months was 351.4 per 1,000 residents and was 113.3% higher 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 144.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cambridge Terrace (SY23 2HR), the main crime hotspot is near Ffordd-Y-Mor. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Cambridge Terrace area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/39)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chalybeate Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lovedon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lovedon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stryd Cambria Local resolution
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 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Thespian Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Castell Brychan 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 2026Violence and sexual offences Morfa Mawr Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rhodfa'R Gogledd Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Burglary Stryd Y Baddon Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Portland Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morfa Mawr Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovedon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lovedon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thespian Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alfred Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Albert Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Parc Graig Glas Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft B4346 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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