Crime in New Quay
Recorded crime in New Quay is 0.8 times the Ceredigion average and 0.6 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 22%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of New Quay (Ceinewydd): about 1,075 residents in 1 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 6/10Average crime
- Living
- 2.5/10Weak
- 5-year change
- −22%fewer crimes
- vs the council
- 0.8×the Ceredigion average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of New Quay.
Crime over 5 years
Down 22% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of New Quay, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 0.8× the Ceredigion average (0.6× the England and Wales average). 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 75% of the harm here
- Burglary: 12% of the harm here
- Other theft: 4% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 75% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 9.3 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Ceredigion (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Ceredigion council area, not only New Quay. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
Dyfed-Powys Police did not assign 7.6% of the crimes it recorded in 2025/26 to a council area, so these figures are lower than the true count.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 25 | 0.34 | Up 47% |
| Cars broken into | 26 | 0.36 | Down 7% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 243 | 3.3 | Down 29% |
| Burglary of homes | 72 | 0.99 | Down 23% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 1 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
Road collisions
Ceredigion, 2023 to 2025: 159 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 61 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 2 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
2.2 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 38% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 0.1 |
| Burglary | 2.5 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 24.6 |
| Drugs | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.3 |
| Other crime | 1.0 |
| Other theft | 4.0 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 0.0 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 1.0 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 5.0 |
| Public order | 3.9 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.0 |
| Shoplifting | 0.5 |
Postcode districts in New Quay
Nearby towns
Council: Ceredigion
Questions about crime in New Quay
- Is New Quay a safe place to live?
- New Quay scores 6 out of 10 for safety (average crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 0.8 times the Ceredigion average.
- Is crime going up or down in New Quay?
- Down 22% over 5 years, from 59 recorded crimes a year to 46.
- What is the most common crime in New Quay?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 25 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in New Quay compare with Ceredigion?
- Crime severity in New Quay is 0.8 times the Ceredigion average.
- How many cars are stolen in New Quay?
- In Ceredigion, the council area New Quay is in, the police recorded 25 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 0.3 per 1,000 residents, up 47% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in New Quay?
- 243 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in Ceredigion, the council area New Quay is in, 3.3 per 1,000 residents, 0.7 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in New Quay last year?
- 1 homicide (murder or manslaughter) was recorded in 2025/26, in Ceredigion, the council area New Quay is in, against 0 the year before. Police data does not say where in the area they happened.