Aberystwyth

16°CLight rain shower

• Today: 19° / 14° · 89% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:38

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

184 reported · July 2026▲ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences73
• Anti-social behaviour31
• Shoplifting28
• Public order14

Neighbourhood team: Aberystwyth Central · Dyfed Powys

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

167 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 238 casualties · 23.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

230 food businesses within 2 miles

• 187 rated 4–5 ★ (146 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Aberystwyth (0.2 km)
• 39 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£237,176 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Ceredigion · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£723 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £561
• 2 bed £663
• 3 bed £767

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 168.7p · Morrisons (1.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Morrisons (1.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Lidl Aberystwyth (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches30
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

71,474 residents in Ceredigion · 40/km²

• Under 16: 14%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Wales

2% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 4% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band E (25% of 36,070)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Ben Lake

Plaid Cymru

Ceredigion Preseli

Source: UK Parliament

Plaid Cymru majority

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens130
• Restaurants & cafés56

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,595 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

186 jobs advertised · £35,627 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£682 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,186 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

27% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 38,993 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 69% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 4% · Gas 3%

14 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

6 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in SY23

• Bronglais General Hospital
• Meddygfa'R Llan
• Meddygfa Padarn Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ceredigion Preseli:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership437 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership383 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office319 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s293 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients224 local signatures · 14,552 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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