Total Crime Rate
846.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Quay Street 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 Quay Street (LL18 1UN) 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 Quay Street (LL18 1UN), the main crime hotspot is near Sydenham Avenue. Police recorded 264 crimes here, including 25 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 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sydenham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | 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 |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydenham Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sydenham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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