Crime Rates at Butterton Road, Rhyl, LL18 1RB

Butterton Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Rhyl East , and the 7th 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 Butterton Road (LL18 1RB) in the last 12 months was 569.7 per 1,000 residents and was 440.1% 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 113 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 143 (≈ 293.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Butterton Road (LL18 1RB), 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.