Total Crime Rate

109.5 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 109.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
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Crime overview

Y Waun area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Dyffryn Ardudwy , and the 94th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Gwynedd .

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 Y Waun (LL46 2UN) in the last 12 months was 109.5 per 1,000 residents and was 68.1% higher than the Dyffryn Ardudwy average (65.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Y Waun (LL46 2UN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ffordd Morfa (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Y Waun area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glan Gors —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cae Gwastad —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ffordd Morfa —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ty Canol —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Y Waun —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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