Total Crime Rate
275.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
154.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Market Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Gele and Llanddulas , and the 31st highest crime rate of 382 local areas in Conwy .
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 Market Street (LL22 7AA) in the last 12 months was 275.6 per 1,000 residents and was 378.5% higher than the Gele and Llanddulas average (57.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 154.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Market Street (LL22 7AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Groes Lwyd, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harp Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Groes Lwyd | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glanrafon | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glanrafon | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clwyd Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pentre Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryn Mair Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A547 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryn Awel Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Water Street | — |
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