Total Crime Rate

179.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 179.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.0 10/10
  • Other theft 16.7 9/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 8.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Handlith Terrace area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Abermaw , and the 45th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Gwynedd .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Handlith Terrace (LL42 1RD) in the last 12 months was 179.2 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% higher than the Abermaw average (124.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 79.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Handlith Terrace (LL42 1RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Abermaw

Crime Over Time in Handlith Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Johns Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marine Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bryn Mynach Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ffordd Mynach Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs South Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.