Total Crime Rate
419.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Norman Drive 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 Norman Drive (LL18 4PD) 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 Norman Drive (LL18 4PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heol Clwyd, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thorpe Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rhyl South West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Gwynfa | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norman Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norman Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Millbank Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Millbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Millbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heol Gwynfa | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Gwynfa | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Vale Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stryd Y Baddon | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heol Clwyd | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heol Clwyd | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Heol Clwyd | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Heol Clwyd | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Heol Clwyd | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Clwyd | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Clwyd | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Heol Clwyd | Under investigation |
| 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 |
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