Total Crime Rate
290.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
125.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ellis Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Rhyl East , and the 26th highest crime rate of 349 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 Ellis Avenue (LL18 1DN) in the last 12 months was 290.6 per 1,000 residents and was 157.4% higher than the Rhyl East average (112.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 125.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ellis Avenue (LL18 1DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wellington Road, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near River Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Plas-Y-Brenin | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winnard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Winnard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kings Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oxford Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhodfa Gorllewin | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rhodfa Gorllewin | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rhodfa Gorllewin | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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