Total Crime Rate

357.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 357.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 111.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 70.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 41.5 8/10
  • Public order 38.3 10/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Morfa Lodge Estate area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Dolbenmaen , and the 10th 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 Morfa Lodge Estate (LL49 9PF) in the last 12 months was 357.8 per 1,000 residents and was 869.5% higher than the Dolbenmaen average (36.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -38.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 156.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 96.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Morfa Lodge Estate (LL49 9PF), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Morfa Lodge Estate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glaslyn Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glaslyn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glaslyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bakers Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bakers Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime East Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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