Crime Rate in Rhyl East, ward

Rhyl East has the 6th highest crime rate of 29 wards in Denbighshire district and the 1257th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Rhyl East in the last 12 months was 112.9 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% lower than the Denbighshire district average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Rhyl East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 222 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 37.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -27.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 264 (≈ 57.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Rhyl East ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Sherwood Avenue. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.