Total Crime Rate
955.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandringham Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Rhyl East , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 349 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 1NL) in the last 12 months was 955.3 per 1,000 residents and was 746.3% higher than the Rhyl East average (112.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 251 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 37.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 134.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandringham Avenue (LL18 1NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sydenham Avenue, where police recorded 323 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 | Shoplifting | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Winnard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydenham Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydenham Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydenham Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydenham Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
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