Clwyd Crime Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The overall crime rate in Clwyd as of April 2026 is 71 crimes per 1,000 people, and the most common crimes are violence and sexual offences, with reports coming from roughly every 36 out of 1,000 daytime population.
Comparing Clwyd's larger towns and cities, and using Crime Risk Scores - which are calculated by taking severity of each crime type into account - Kinmel Bay and Towyn is the most dangerous. The next most dangerous is Caia Park, and Offa comes in as third most dangerous. There are safer parts of Clwyd, identified using the same Crime Risk measurement, starting with Acton which ranks as the safest area in Clwyd, followed up by Buckley in second place, and Hawarden in third place.
Clwyd Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Clwyd represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Clwyd's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Clwyd up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Clwyd's 20,152 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Clwyd • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Clwyd has a crime risk score of 594. This is based on analysis of 20,152 nearby areas within Clwyd, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Clwyd's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Clwyd, crime risk scores are typically around 594, while in Wales they are average 606.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 609 (634 for Wales), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 623 (Wales 654).
Trends in Crime Risk
Clwyd
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 4.8% in Clwyd's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Clwyd's crime risk score is down by 6%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Clwyd's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 1.0%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Clwyd
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Clwyd • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Violence and Sexual Offences have a crime rate of 36 reports per 1,000 people in Clwyd, which is 1.18 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 19,748 crime reports logged by North Wales Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, North Wales Police recorded 4,017 reports of Criminal Damage and Arson in Clwyd, resulting in a crime rate of 7.30 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.16.
The crime rate for Shoplifting is 1.05 times the national average at 7.47 reports per 1,000. This is from 4,123 crime reports reported to North Wales Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Clwyd
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.31 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 0.41 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 24% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.00 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 0.71 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 41% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.40 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.11 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 264% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Clwyd
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.25 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 1.24 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 0.81% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.30 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 1.22 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 7% over this timeframe.
Drugs offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.78 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 0.52 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 50% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Clwyd • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Clwyd | Wales | North Wales Police | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 9,603 | 17.43 | 1.23 | 37,683 | 10.96 | 0.78 | 12,763 | 16.84 | 1.19 |
| Bicycle Theft | 246 | 0.47 | 0.64 | 1,599 | 0.46 | 0.63 | 297 | 0.40 | 0.55 |
| Burglary | 1,275 | 2.32 | 0.74 | 6,704 | 1.94 | 0.62 | 1,668 | 2.21 | 0.71 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 4,017 | 7.30 | 1.16 | 21,045 | 6.12 | 0.97 | 5,250 | 6.95 | 1.11 |
| Drugs | 1,169 | 2.11 | 0.68 | 7,344 | 2.14 | 0.69 | 1,606 | 2.13 | 0.69 |
| Other Crime | 907 | 1.65 | 0.89 | 6,008 | 1.76 | 0.95 | 1,210 | 1.60 | 0.86 |
| Other Theft | 2,656 | 4.82 | 0.85 | 13,307 | 3.88 | 0.68 | 3,539 | 4.68 | 0.82 |
| Possession of Weapons | 375 | 0.68 | 0.80 | 2,296 | 0.68 | 0.80 | 500 | 0.66 | 0.78 |
| Public Order | 3,281 | 5.96 | 1.03 | 23,747 | 6.91 | 1.19 | 4,356 | 5.76 | 0.99 |
| Robbery | 157 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 1,461 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 197 | 0.26 | 0.22 |
| Shoplifting | 4,123 | 7.47 | 1.05 | 19,180 | 5.58 | 0.78 | 5,191 | 6.85 | 0.96 |
| Theft From the Person | 80 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 1,019 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 110 | 0.15 | 0.10 |
| Vehicle Crime | 931 | 1.70 | 0.40 | 8,617 | 2.52 | 0.59 | 1,182 | 1.57 | 0.37 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 19,748 | 35.83 | 1.18 | 99,099 | 28.83 | 0.95 | 25,922 | 34.22 | 1.13 |
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Total Crime by Year
Clwyd | Wales | North Wales Police | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 38,965 | 70.76 | 0.98 | 211,426 | 61.53 | 0.85 | 51,028 | 67.44 | 0.94 |
| 2025 | 40,763 | 74.45 | 1.01 | 257,229 | 75.28 | 1.02 | 52,835 | 70.30 | 0.95 |
| 2024 | 41,127 | 75.38 | 1.00 | 238,672 | 70.43 | 0.93 | 52,939 | 70.87 | 0.94 |
| 2023 | 46,483 | 85.63 | 1.08 | 255,615 | 75.95 | 0.96 | 60,095 | 80.86 | 1.02 |
| 2022 | 46,578 | 86.21 | 1.12 | 245,565 | 73.85 | 0.96 | 60,582 | 81.97 | 1.07 |
| 2021 | 40,375 | 74.82 | 1.09 | 217,266 | 65.68 | 0.96 | 52,171 | 70.71 | 1.03 |
| 2020 | 42,825 | 79.76 | 1.08 | 237,502 | 72.15 | 0.97 | 56,237 | 76.65 | 1.03 |
| 2019 | 45,213 | 84.47 | 1.11 | 244,905 | 74.66 | 0.98 | 58,073 | 79.34 | 1.04 |
| 2018 | 38,904 | 72.78 | 1.02 | 218,341 | 66.57 | 0.94 | 50,229 | 68.62 | 0.96 |
| 2017 | 30,730 | 57.52 | 0.90 | 199,059 | 60.80 | 0.95 | 39,852 | 54.45 | 0.85 |
| 2016 | 9,689 | 18.13 | 0.95 | 61,849 | 18.94 | 0.99 | 12,824 | 17.57 | 0.92 |
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The Clwyd Streets With The Highest Crime Counts
Each police crime report that CrimeRate receives has a street name automatically assigned to it by the police data team, and this table uses the coordinates to count crimes, rather than the street name alone. That way, if Clwyd has multiple identical street names - which is not unusual - they will be treated separately by CrimeRate's systems.
| Street | Crime Count | ||||||||
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| Duke Street Rhosddu | 160 | ||||||||
| Earl Street Flint | 134 | ||||||||
| Sydenham Avenue Rhyl | 122 | ||||||||
| Ty Isa Road Llandudno | 106 | ||||||||
| Stryt Y Syfwr Offa | 71 | ||||||||
| Bridgeway East Abenbury | 68 | ||||||||
| Marine Road Abergele | 41 | ||||||||
| Fishermans' Road Connah's Quay | 36 | ||||||||
| Bretton Road Broughton and Bretton | 35 | ||||||||
| Ffordd Powell Broughton | 33 | ||||||||
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Town and City Comparison
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Caia Park | 2,130 | 157.51 | 2.25 | ||||||
| Rhyl | 4,588 | 153.96 | 2.15 | ||||||
| Offa | 2,014 | 134.22 | 1.93 | ||||||
| Llandudno | 2,441 | 112.95 | 1.64 | ||||||
| Kinmel Bay and Towyn | 853 | 104.25 | 1.67 | ||||||
| Colwyn Bay | 1,274 | 94.91 | 1.39 | ||||||
| Flint | 1,276 | 87.59 | 1.28 | ||||||
| Holywell | 864 | 86.33 | 1.28 | ||||||
| Mold | 990 | 78.37 | 1.17 | ||||||
| Abergele | 943 | 75.70 | 1.16 | ||||||
| Denbigh | 721 | 72.51 | 1.17 | ||||||
| Rhosllanerchrugog | 666 | 70.53 | 1.06 | ||||||
| Prestatyn | 1,310 | 67.30 | 1.01 | ||||||
| Connah's Quay | 1,083 | 62.78 | 0.92 | ||||||
| Gwersyllt | 607 | 54.56 | 0.86 | ||||||
| Broughton | 428 | 53.99 | 0.94 | ||||||
| Acton | 661 | 51.30 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Conwy | 866 | 48.53 | 0.72 | ||||||
| Buckley | 760 | 45.70 | 0.71 | ||||||
| Hawarden | 538 | 33.42 | 0.52 | ||||||
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