Total Crime Rate

149.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 149.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.6 9/10
  • Drugs 31.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.2 7/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Other crime 2.9 2/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vale Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 16 local areas in Rhyl South West , and the 71st highest crime rate of 353 local areas in Denbighshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vale Road (LL18 2BU) in the last 12 months was 149.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.6% lower than the Rhyl South West average (174.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -90.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -90.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 83.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vale Road (LL18 2BU), the main crime hotspot is near Bus/Coach Station. Police recorded 117 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Vale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gamlin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thorpe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millbank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millbank Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norman Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Gwynfa Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heol Gwynfa Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Heol Gwynfa Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gamlin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gamlin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Morfa Bach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Vale Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Millbank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Millbank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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