Total Crime Rate

91.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

45.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.4 7/10
  • Violent crimes 45.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Other theft 22.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.4 6/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meyrick Square area has the 11th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Abermaw , and the 121st highest crime rate of 395 local areas in Gwynedd .

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 Meyrick Square (LL40 1LT) in the last 12 months was 91.4 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% lower than the Abermaw average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meyrick Square (LL40 1LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Finsbury Square (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Meyrick Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Finsbury Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Heol Glyndwr Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Y Domen Fawr Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Heol Glyndwr Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Smithfield Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Finsbury Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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