Total Crime Rate

95.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.2 7/10
  • Drugs 66.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.1 5/10
  • Other crime 9.5 9/10
  • 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 theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Penygraig area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 68th 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 Penygraig (SY23 2JA) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 45.7% 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 Drugs with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 19.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penygraig (SY23 2JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parc Y Bryn, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lovedon Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Penygraig area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Fford Brynymor Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trefor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Vaynor Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stryd Y Dollborth Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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