Total Crime Rate

122.5 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 122.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.4 9/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Drugs 9.1 8/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Ellis Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Colwyn , and the 97th highest crime rate of 383 local areas in Conwy .

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 Ellis Avenue (LL29 9LB) in the last 12 months was 122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.6% higher than the Colwyn average (117.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 63.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ellis Avenue (LL29 9LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pentraeth, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mor Awel (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ellis Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mor Awel Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penmaen Bod Elias Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mor Awel
Sep 2025Other theft Ffordd Elias Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mor Awel Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swn-Y-Don Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pentraeth Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Swn-Y-Don Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penmaen Bod Elias
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Penmaen Bod Elias Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penrhos Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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