Total Crime Rate

108.7 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 108.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.2 7/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Water Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 353 local areas in Denbighshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Water Street (LL16 3YR) in the last 12 months was 108.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.4% lower than the Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan average (160.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Water Street (LL16 3YR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lenten Pool (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Water Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leicester Terrace
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lenten Pool Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Glas Meadow Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Love Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Crown Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Hill Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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