Crime Rates at Mount Pleasant Square, Caernarfon, LL55 1PA

Mount Pleasant Square area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Cadnant , and the 4th 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 Mount Pleasant Square (LL55 1PA) in the last 12 months was 690.5 per 1,000 residents and was 479.5% higher than the Cadnant average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 149 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 122.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Pleasant Square (LL55 1PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rhes Pretoria, where police recorded 157 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Penllyn (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.