Total Crime Rate

131.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.5 8/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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.
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Crime overview

Penycoed Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Edeirnion , and the 83rd 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 Penycoed Road (LL20 8LR) in the last 12 months was 131.5 per 1,000 residents and was 137.9% higher than the Edeirnion average (55.3 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 Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 51.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penycoed Road (LL20 8LR), the main crime hotspot is near Min-Y-Coed. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Penycoed Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Min-Y-Coed Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maes Pengwern Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Butlers Hill —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Butlers Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Min-Y-Coed Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Min-Y-Coed Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maes Pengwern —
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Data Sources

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