Crime Statistics for Penparcau, Rhydyfelin, Ceredigion, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Penparcau in August 2024. There were a total of 421 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Penparcau, 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	148
Criminal Damage Arson	68
Public Order	44
Anti Social Behaviour	40
Drugs	32
Shoplifting	28
Burglary	20
Other Crime	9
Robbery	8
Possession Of Weapons	8
Bicycle Theft	8
Other Theft	8
All Crime	421

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Penparcau. 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 Penparcau

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Penparcau	214
Aberystwyth (0.62 miles)	169
Waun Fawr (1.39 miles)	69
Rhydyfelin (0.88 miles)	69
Llanbadarn Fawr (1.24 miles)	52
Southgate (0.88 miles)	36
Comins Coch (2.24 miles)	11
Clarach (2.24 miles)	11
Capel Dewi (2.77 miles)	1
Chancery (2.48 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Penparcau?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Penparcau	148
Aberystwyth	58
Waun Fawr	29
Rhydyfelin	28
Llanbadarn Fawr	20
Southgate	15
Clarach	5
Comins Coch	4
Capel Dewi	1
Chancery	0

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

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 Penparcau 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 Penparcau compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Penparcau and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Penparcau is ranked #3.

#	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 Penparcau has the highest level of crime?

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