Total Crime Rate

99.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 57.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.8 9/10
  • Public order 11.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.0 1/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Penrhos Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Canol Bangor , and the 110th highest crime rate of 395 local areas in Gwynedd .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Penrhos Road (LL57 2AX) in the last 12 months was 99.4 per 1,000 residents and was 39.4% lower than the Canol Bangor average (164.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 57.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penrhos Road (LL57 2AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pen-Y-Wern (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Penrhos Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Min Menai Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ffordd Hendre —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Min Menai —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bryn-Llwyd Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Maes Berea —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ffordd Hendre Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Belmont Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cilcoed Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Penrhos Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Penrhos Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pen-Y-Wern Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Pen-Y-Wern Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 16 of 16

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.

↑