No grade for Betws-y-Coed, but its recorded crime is here
From September 2023 to August 2026, police recorded crimes inside Betws-y-Coed’s built-up area; the town has no Safety Grade. This Clwyd town has fewer than 1,000 residents, and Safety is graded only from 1,000, where a handful of incidents no longer moves the rate a long way. The local count comes to 42.0 violent and sexual offences and 30.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people each year.
Violent crime
42
per 1,000 residents a year · graded
Homes & vehicles
30.9
burglary, vehicle crime, damage · graded
Shoplifting & theft
60.2
per 1,000 a year · not graded
Anti-social behaviour
44.8
reports per 1,000 a year · not graded
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
By type
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour50.9
Violence & sexual offences27.8
Shoplifting27.8
Other theft23.1
Criminal damage & arson18.5
Burglary9.3
Public order4.6
Bicycle theft4.6
Drugs0
Vehicle crime0
Other crime0
Possession of weapons0
Robbery0
Theft from the person0
Violent (graded)Homes & vehicles (graded)Not gradedTypical town its size
Against the typical town its size, Betws-y-Coed runs highest on anti-social behaviour (50.9 per 1,000 against 5.3).
Show as a table
Category
In the grade
Reports
Per 1,000
Typical
Anti-social behaviour
not graded
11
50.9
5.3
Violence & sexual offences
Violent
6
27.8
16.6
Shoplifting
not graded
6
27.8
0
Other theft
not graded
5
23.1
2.5
Criminal damage & arson
Home & vehicle
4
18.5
3.2
Burglary
Home & vehicle
2
9.3
1.6
Public order
not graded
1
4.6
2.4
Bicycle theft
not graded
1
4.6
0
Drugs
not graded
0
0
0.6
Vehicle crime
Home & vehicle
0
0
1.5
Other crime
not graded
0
0
1.1
Possession of weapons
Violent
0
0
0
Robbery
Violent
0
0
0
Theft from the person
not graded
0
0
0
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
violent and sexual offences, 12 months to August 2026
6
homes & vehicles
12
shoplifting & theft
112
of the three, per 1,000
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 28 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 56 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Trend · monthly
6 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 11 the year before
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Betws-y-CoedUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Homes & vehicles per 1,000 a year
Betws-y-CoedUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month).
Betws-y-Coed records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 3 neighbours; only Llanrwst records more. Blaenau Ffestiniog, 8.8 miles away, records 53.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Betws-y-Coed’s 42.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
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Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Betws-y-Coed sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
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Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Betws-y-Coed
Is Betws-y-Coed safe?
Police recorded 42 violent and sexual offences and 30.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Betws-y-Coed’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Betws-y-Coed?
Police recorded 6 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 11 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Betws-y-Coed?
Violence & sexual offences: 6 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (6) and other theft (5), with 11 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Betws-y-Coed compare with Colwyn Bay?
Colwyn Bay records 58.1 violent and sexual offences and 15.4 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Betws-y-Coed’s 42 and 30.9, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · Welsh Government Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, community safety domain by LSOA · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0