Total Crime Rate

135.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 135.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 64.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.5 10/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Ernest Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 16 local areas in Rhyl South West , and the 70th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Denbighshire .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ernest Street (LL18 2DN) in the last 12 months was 135.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% lower than the Rhyl South West average (172.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 64.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ernest Street (LL18 2DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stryd Bodfor, where police recorded 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (69 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Ernest Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Clwyd Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd Las Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd Las Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd Las Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gwalia Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsley Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heol Clwyd Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heol Clwyd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Heol Clwyd Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heol Clwyd
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stryd Cinmael Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station
Apr 2026Other crime Brighton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Brighton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clwyd Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stryd Bodfor
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stryd Bodfor
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stryd Bodfor
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stryd Bodfor
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stryd Bodfor
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stryd Bodfor

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.