Total Crime Rate
419.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Vezey Street area has the highest crime rate of 16 local areas in Rhyl South West , and the 14th 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 Vezey Street (LL18 2DL) in the last 12 months was 419.3 per 1,000 residents and was 140.2% higher than the Rhyl South West average (174.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 116.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vezey Street (LL18 2DL), 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.
View Crime In Rhyl South West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clwyd Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stryd Bodfor | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stryd Bodfor | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stryd Bodfor | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stryd Bodfor | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stryd Bodfor | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryd Bodfor | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryd Bodfor | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parc Fforddlas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryd Cinmael | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stryd Cinmael | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clwyd Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norman Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gamlin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gamlin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gamlin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norman Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thorpe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
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