Crime Statistics for Rhyl, Denbighshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Rhyl in September 2024. There were a total of 449 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Rhyl, 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	178
Anti Social Behaviour	73
Shoplifting	58
Criminal Damage Arson	41
Public Order	36
Drugs	19
Other Theft	18
Possession Of Weapons	6
Burglary	5
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Crime	3
Bicycle Theft	3
Theft From The Person	2
Robbery	2
All Crime	449

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Rhyl	334
Bae Cinmel (Kinmel Bay) (1.96 miles)	62
Gele (1.54 miles)	40
Bryniau (3.16 miles)	38
Towyn (2.77 miles)	34
Rhuddlan (1.96 miles)	25
Pengwern (3.1 miles)	17
Ochr-y-foel (3.1 miles)	9
Dyserth (2.77 miles)	9
Clwyd (3 miles)	7

Where are the most violent places near Rhyl?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Rhyl	178
Bae Cinmel (Kinmel Bay)	38
Bryniau	32
Towyn	25
Gele	23
Rhuddlan	22
Pengwern	9
Dyserth	7
Ochr-y-foel	5
Clwyd	4

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

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 Rhyl 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 Rhyl compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Rhyl and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Rhyl is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Rhyl West	99
2	Rhyl South West	99
3	Towyn	99
4	Kinmel Bay	98
5	Rhyl East	97
6	Prestatyn North	97
7	Rhyl South East	97
8	Rhuddlan	97
9	Rhyl South	96
10	Prestatyn Meliden	96
11	Prestatyn South West	96

Which road in Rhyl has the highest level of crime?

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