Total Crime Rate
179.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Handlith 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| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Johns Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marine Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bryn Mynach Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ffordd Mynach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | South Avenue | Under investigation |
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