Total Crime Rate

576.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 576.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 193.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 70.6 10/10
  • Public order 66.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 59.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.8 10/10
  • Drugs 52.0 10/10
  • Other theft 44.6 10/10
  • Burglary 14.9 9/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

North Parade area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the highest crime rate of 235 local areas in Ceredigion .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around North Parade (SY23 2JH) in the last 12 months was 576.2 per 1,000 residents and was 228.5% higher 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -21.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 263.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Parade (SY23 2JH), the main crime hotspot is near Y Stryd Fawr. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in North Parade area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cwrt Iago
Sep 2025Public order Y Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Y Stryd Fawr Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lon Rhosmari Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lon Rhosmari Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pier Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Theft from the person High Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cwrt Iago Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cwrt Iago Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stryd Castell Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stryd Y Baddon Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coedlan Y Llwyfen Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sqwâr Owain Glyndŵr Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sqwâr Owain Glyndŵr Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fford Portland Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Y Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Y Stryd Fawr Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stryd Cambria Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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