Crime Statistics for Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Aberystwyth in September 2024. There were a total of 169 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Drugs.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Aberystwyth, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	58
Drugs	23
Public Order	19
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Burglary	8
Shoplifting	8
Other Theft	7
Other Crime	4
Theft From The Person	3
Robbery	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	169

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Aberystwyth. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Aberystwyth

We've taken the ten nearest places to Aberystwyth and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Aberystwyth has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Aberystwyth	169
Waun Fawr (1.24 miles)	78
Penparcau (0.62 miles)	71
Llanbadarn Fawr (1.39 miles)	45
Southgate (1.39 miles)	28
Rhydyfelin (1.39 miles)	28
Comins Coch (1.96 miles)	11
Clarach (1.75 miles)	11
Capel Dewi (2.55 miles)	1
Bow Street (3.1 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Aberystwyth?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Aberystwyth and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Aberystwyth	58
Penparcau	29
Waun Fawr	26
Llanbadarn Fawr	13
Southgate	10
Rhydyfelin	10
Clarach	5
Comins Coch	4
Capel Dewi	1
Bow Street	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Aberystwyth?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Aberystwyth to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Aberystwyth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Aberystwyth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Aberystwyth is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Aberystwyth Canol/Central	99
2	Aberystwyth Rheidol	99
3	Aberystwyth Penparcau	97
4	Aberystwyth Bronglais	96
5	Aberystwyth Gogledd/North	96
6	Llanfarian	95
7	Llanbadarn Fawr-Sulien	95
8	Tirymynach	95
9	Faenor	95
10	Trefeurig	94

Which road in Aberystwyth has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Aberystwyth with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Riverside Terrace.