Total Crime Rate
678.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Howard Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Craig-y-don , and the 10th highest crime rate of 383 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 Howard Road (LL30 1EA) in the last 12 months was 678.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1066.6% higher than the Craig-y-don average (58.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 1166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 15.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 247.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Howard Road (LL30 1EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vaughn Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Craig-y-don| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charlton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charlton Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bodafon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ffordd Dwyfor | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norman Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norman Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ffordd Gwynedd | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vaughan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vaughn Street | Under investigation |
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