Postcode · Aberystwyth
Crime in SY23 4PP
How much crime is recorded in SY23 4PP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Aberystwyth South
- Council
- Ceredigion
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,719 (2024)
SY23 4PPAberystwyth
How safe is SY23 4PP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 39.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY23 4PP area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
39.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
63
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
SY23 4PPNational
Violence and sexual offences36.823.6
Criminal damage and arson5.64.7
Anti-social behaviour5.410.7
Public order5.24.6
Burglary5.09.1
Drugs3.62.4
Other crime1.41.5
Other theft1.34.5
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Shoplifting0.28.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 23% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
80
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.