Total Crime Rate
114.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rhuddlan Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Rhyl South , and the 92nd 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 Rhuddlan Road (LL18 2PP) in the last 12 months was 114.6 per 1,000 residents and was 94.5% higher than the Rhyl South average (58.9 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 Anti-social behaviour with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 183.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 11.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rhuddlan Road (LL18 2PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bryn Coed Park (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rhyl South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplars Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Frances Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Frances Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendyffryn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Crescent | Under investigation |
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