Total Crime Rate

109.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.6 8/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vale Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Denbigh Lower , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 353 local areas in Denbighshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vale Road (LL16 3DF) in the last 12 months was 109.5 per 1,000 residents and was 191.7% higher than the Denbigh Lower average (37.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 62.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vale Road (LL16 3DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castle View (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbey Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle View Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting A543 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting A543 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbey Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Stryd-Y-Dyffryn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stryd-Y-Dyffryn Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stryd-Y-Dyffryn —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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