Total Crime Rate
52.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Plas Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Rhyl South , and the 149th lowest crime rate of 349 local areas in Denbighshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Plas Road (LL18 4HT) in the last 12 months was 52.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.4% higher than the Rhyl South average (51.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plas Road (LL18 4HT), the main crime hotspot is near Foel View Road. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weaver Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cedar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weaver Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Llewelyn Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Handsworth Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handsworth Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merllyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plas Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trellewelyn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trellewelyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trellewelyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trellewelyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trellewelyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trellewelyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedar Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foel View Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foel View Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trellewelyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Foel View Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Llewelyn Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Llys Delyn | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Llys Delyn | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Llys Delyn | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trellewelyn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornley Avenue | — |
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