Total Crime Rate
846.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sandringham Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Rhyl East , and the 5th 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 Sandringham Avenue (LL18 1NG) in the last 12 months was 846.2 per 1,000 residents and was 702.3% higher than the Rhyl East average (105.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 202 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 153.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandringham Avenue (LL18 1NG), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | River Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | 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 | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbourne Avenue | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Aquarium Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aquarium Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aquarium Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Aquarium Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Aquarium Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Aquarium Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Aquarium Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stanmore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lake Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Aquarium Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
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