Total Crime Rate

82.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

David Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Prestatyn Central , and the 140th highest crime rate of 353 local areas in Denbighshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around David Close (LL19 8SF) in the last 12 months was 82.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.8% lower than the Prestatyn Central average (117.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around David Close (LL19 8SF), the main crime hotspot is near Dawson Court. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Prestatyn Central

Crime Over Time in David Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Davids Close
Sep 2025Public order Meliden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dawson Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peters Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knowles Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knowles Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dawson Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Knowles Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davids Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Maes Tegid Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maes Tegid Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maes Tegid Under investigation

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.