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Crime · Aberystwyth
Reported crime in Aberystwyth
1,662 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 128 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,662
Rate / 1,000
128
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 731 | 44% |
| Anti social behaviour | 167 | 10% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 141 | 8% |
| Drugs | 141 | 8% |
| Public order | 133 | 8% |
| Other theft | 101 | 6% |
| Shoplifting | 100 | 6% |
| Burglary | 53 | 3% |
| Other crime | 35 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 20 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 20 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 12 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 6 | 0% |
| Robbery | 2 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 75 | 59 | 52 | 85 | 52 | 33 | 50 | 64 | 71 | 57 | 63 | 70 | 731 |
| Anti social behaviour | 18 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 167 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 14 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 141 |
| Drugs | 11 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 141 |
| Public order | 15 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 133 |
| Other theft | 11 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 101 |
| Shoplifting | 10 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 100 | |
| Burglary | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 53 |
| Other crime | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 35 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | |||
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total | 161 | 134 | 129 | 194 | 122 | 96 | 105 | 115 | 165 | 131 | 143 | 167 | 1662 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Aberystwyth, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 12,947.