Total Crime Rate
163.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vale Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 16 local areas in Rhyl South West , and the 55th 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 Vale Road (LL18 2PD) in the last 12 months was 163.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 81.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vale Road (LL18 2PD), the main crime hotspot is near Meredith Crescent. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aled Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vale Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walford Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walford Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vale Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vale Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aled Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwalia Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Aled Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aled Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aled Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aled Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aled Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aled Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowsley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geufron | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Maes Cefndy | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meredith Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meredith Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meredith Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maes Cefndy | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maes Cefndy | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maes Cefndy | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maes Cefndy | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knowsley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maes Cefndy | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maes Cefndy | Under investigation |
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