Total Crime Rate
6.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Highway area has the lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Eirias , and the 10th lowest crime rate of 382 local areas in Conwy .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Highway (LL29 7RG) in the last 12 months was 6.1 per 1,000 residents and was 94.4% lower than the Eirias average (108.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Highway (LL29 7RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A547, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Close (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 | Highfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhiw Bank Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A547 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A547 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A547 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Douglas Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meirion Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenneth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nant-Y-Glyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenneth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nant-Y-Glyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Agnes Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Agnes Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Agnes Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Agnes Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhiw Bank Avenue | Under investigation |
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