Crime Rates at Elmsway Drive, Prestatyn, LL19 8SR

Elmsway Drive area has the 11th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Prestatyn Central , and the 134th highest crime rate of 353 local areas in Denbighshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Elmsway Drive (LL19 8SR) in the last 12 months was 90.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.2% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 48.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elmsway Drive (LL19 8SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B5120, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dawson Court (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.