Total Crime Rate
554.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crescent Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Rhyl East , and the 9th 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 Crescent Road (LL18 1TG) in the last 12 months was 554.4 per 1,000 residents and was 425.6% 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 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 347.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crescent Road (LL18 1TG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 331 crimes here, including 171 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rhyl East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryd Y Dwr | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Elwy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crescent Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Crescent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crescent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Elwy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryd Y Dwr | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elwy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Elwy Street | Under investigation |
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