Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0Few UK towns record more crime per resident than Bodelwyddan
The typical town its size sees 2.4 cases of public order per 1,000 residents; Bodelwyddan sees 21.3, or 38 in the 12 months to August 2026. That puts it at D− for safety, judged on crimes police recorded inside the town’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Violence recorded locally climbed 17% in a year. Per 1,000 residents a year, 99.5 violent and sexual offences and 15.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were recorded.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Bodelwyddan
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 17% more violent crime per resident in Bodelwyddan than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The D− for Bodelwyddan, and how it is built
A firm grade. Built on 618 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Bodelwyddan against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Bodelwyddan runs highest on public order (21.3 per 1,000 against 2.4), violence & sexual offences (100.3 per 1,000 against 16.6) and other theft (14.6 per 1,000 against 2.5).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 179 | 100.3 | 16.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 38 | 21.3 | 2.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 32 | 17.9 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 29 | 16.2 | 3.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 26 | 14.6 | 2.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 19 | 10.6 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 7 | 3.9 | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 3 | 1.7 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 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.
Police in Bodelwyddan identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 31% of Bodelwyddan’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 24% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (53% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 14% of violent and 4% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 222 crimes.
How Bodelwyddan compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 27 | Higher Kinnerton Clwyd | 1,731 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 53 | Soughton Clwyd | 1,697 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 305 | Dwygyfylchi Clwyd | 1,403 | 13.1 | 4.8 | 3.8 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 351 | Llansanffraid Glan Conwy Clwyd | 1,663 | 14.4 | 4.2 | 2.4 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 1207 | Kewstoke Somerset | 1,609 | 95.5 | 10.8 | 6.8 | D− |
| 1208 | Gelligaer Gwent | 1,436 | 85 | 26.9 | 13.5 | D− |
| 1209 | Toll Bar South Yorkshire | 1,213 | 79.1 | 35.7 | 6.9 | D− |
| 1210 | Bodelwyddan Clwyd | 1,785 | 99.5 | 15.9 | 26.9 | D− |
| 1211 | Pensarn Clwyd | 1,329 | 100.8 | 25.4 | 60.7 | D− |
| 1212 | Clyst Honiton Devon | 1,030 | 100.2 | 30.4 | 10.2 | D− |
| 1213 | Blunham Bedfordshire | 1,391 | 114.1 | 29.5 | 5.5 | D− |
| 1214 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Bodelwyddan, and others in Clwyd.
How crime in Bodelwyddan has moved
“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). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +17% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +11% (towns its size +0%), shoplifting and theft -2% (towns its size +4%), anti-social behaviour +45% (towns its size -1%).
Crime in Bodelwyddan per 1,000 residents
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 17 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 25 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Bodelwyddan’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 5 collisions with injuries inside Bodelwyddan in five years. 3 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Bodelwyddan is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Bodelwyddan’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Bodelwyddan had 3.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Bodelwyddan’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Bodelwyddan
Bodelwyddan records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Pensarn records more. Kinmel Bay, 2.3 miles away, records 61.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Bodelwyddan’s 99.5.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 Bodelwyddan sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- 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 Bodelwyddan
Is Bodelwyddan safe?
Police recorded 99.5 violent and sexual offences and 15.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Bodelwyddan’s built-up area). That earns a D− for safety: behind almost every UK town. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Bodelwyddan has less crime per resident than 0%.
Is crime going up in Bodelwyddan?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 17%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 11%, shoplifting and theft held steady and anti-social behaviour rose 45%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Bodelwyddan?
Violence & sexual offences: 179 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (38) and criminal damage & arson (29), with 32 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Bodelwyddan 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 Bodelwyddan’s 99.5 and 15.9, 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 · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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