Total Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 125.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.3 7/10
  • Drugs 24.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 24.2 7/10
  • Public order 16.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

North Parade area has the 13th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 235 local areas in Ceredigion .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around North Parade (SY23 2JN) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.1% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 52.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Parade (SY23 2JN), 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 North Parade area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Thespian Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Stryd Y Baddon Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Poplar Row
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stryd Y Corfforeath Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Stryd Y Corfforeath Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other theft Stryd Y Corfforeath Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poplar Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Poplar Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Castell Brychan Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Eastgate Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Eastgate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Stryd Y Corfforeath Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stryd Y Corfforeath
Apr 2026Public order Alfred Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Stryd Y Dollborth Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd-Y-Mor Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Ffordd-Y-Mor Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ffordd-Y-Mor
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd-Y-Mor Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd-Y-Mor Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovedon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alfred Place Under investigation
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

Data Sources

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