Crime Statistics for Chwilog, Gwynedd, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Chwilog in October 2024. There were a total of 18 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Chwilog, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime10
Other Theft3
Public Order2
Burglary1
Drugs1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime18

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
South Beach (4.47 miles)62
Rhyd-hir (4.41 miles)62
Marian-y-de (South Beach) (4.47 miles)51
Chwilog18
Afoen (0.88 miles)15
Abererch (2.77 miles)12
Pencaenewydd (2.24 miles)6
Rhoslan (3.34 miles)4
Criccieth (4.34 miles)1
Rhos-fawr (3.16 miles)0

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Where are the most violent places near Chwilog?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Marian-y-de (South Beach)16
South Beach15
Rhyd-hir15
Chwilog10
Afoen8
Rhoslan3
Pencaenewydd2
Abererch1
Criccieth1
Rhos-fawr0

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

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 Chwilog 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 Chwilog compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chwilog and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Chwilog is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Pwllheli North98
2Clynnog97
3Pwllheli South96
4Llanbedrog96
5Llanaelhaearn96
6Nefyn95
7Llanystumdwy95
8Efail-newydd/Buan95
9Abererch95
10Criccieth95
11Dolbenmaen94

Which road in Chwilog has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: October 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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