Total Crime Rate
117.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wellington Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Rhyl East , and the 89th highest crime rate of 353 local areas in Denbighshire .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wellington Road (LL18 1LH) in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% higher than the Rhyl East average (105.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 60.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Road (LL18 1LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sydenham Avenue, where police recorded 264 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.
View Crime In Rhyl East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydenham Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | River Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | River Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | River Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborne Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Wellington Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lake Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lake Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Butterton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aquarium Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
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