Total Crime Rate

137.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 137.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.4 8/10
  • Public order 24.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 24.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • 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 · 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 14th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais , and the 44th 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 137.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 76.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 72.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Parade (SY23 2JN), the main crime hotspot is near Eastgate. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 26 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Gray'S Inn Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stryd Y Corfforeath Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alfred Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4346 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fford Portland Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B4346
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Eastgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Eastgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastgate
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastgate
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 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Morfa Mawr Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ffordd-Y-Mor
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glyndŵr Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalybeate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Stryd Y Baddon Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sqwâr Owain Glyndŵr Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Portland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portland Street

Data Sources

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