Photo: Mattcymru2 · CC BY-SA 3.0Compared with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Llanddulas has more crime per resident than 91% of them
It has more violent crime than 73% of UK towns, and more burglary, vehicle crime and damage than 87%. The yearly rates were 32.5 violent and sexual offences and 17.3 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. Violent crime was up 7% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Llanddulas
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 7% more violent crime per resident in Llanddulas 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.
Llanddulas grades C− for safety
A fairly firm grade. Built on 164 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Llanddulas against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How Llanddulas 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 1105 | Pontyates Dyfed | 1,475 | 40.9 | 8.6 | 4.8 | C− |
| 1106 | Hale Bank Cheshire | 1,618 | 38.7 | 10.9 | 9.7 | C− |
| 1107 | Whaplode Lincolnshire | 1,106 | 38.3 | 11.5 | 16 | C− |
| 1108 | Llanddulas Clwyd | 1,097 | 32.5 | 17.3 | 15.8 | C− |
| 1109 | Malpas Cheshire | 1,361 | 40.2 | 10.5 | 5.9 | C− |
| 1110 | Pease Pottage West Sussex | 1,688 | 37.5 | 13.4 | 12 | C− |
| 1111 | Bedlinog Mid Glamorgan | 1,098 | 36.1 | 14.9 | 3.3 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Llanddulas, and others in Clwyd.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Llanddulas runs highest on violence & sexual offences (39.2 per 1,000 against 16.6) and anti-social behaviour (11.9 per 1,000 against 5.3).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 43 | 39.2 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 13 | 11.9 | 5.3 |
| Other theft | not graded | 9 | 8.2 | 2.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 8 | 7.3 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 6 | 5.5 | 2.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 4 | 3.6 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 3 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 1.8 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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.
Crime in Llanddulas 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 14 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 8 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How crime in Llanddulas 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 +7% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -42% (towns its size +0%), shoplifting and theft -57% (towns its size +4%), anti-social behaviour -35% (towns its size -1%).
No one died in a collision on Llanddulas’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 8 collisions with injuries inside Llanddulas in five years. 2 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Llanddulas is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Llanddulas’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; Llanddulas had 2.
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 Llanddulas’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Llanddulas
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanddulas | 1,097 | 32.5 | 17.3 | C− |
| Mynydd Marian | 1,351 | 24.4 | 5.2 | B |
| Abergele | 8,531 | 39.3 | 11.6 | C− |
| Pensarn | 1,329 | 100.8 | 25.4 | D− |
| Colwyn Bay | 29,273 | 58.1 | 15.4 | D |
| Kinmel Bay | 9,016 | 61.6 | 15.2 | D− |
| Penrhyn Bay | 4,201 | 13 | 3.7 | A |
| Bodelwyddan | 1,785 | 99.5 | 15.9 | D− |
Llanddulas records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Mynydd Marian, 0.7 miles away, records 24.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Llanddulas’s 32.5.
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 Llanddulas 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 Llanddulas
Is Llanddulas safe?
Police recorded 32.5 violent and sexual offences and 17.3 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Llanddulas’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 22% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Llanddulas has less crime per resident than 9%.
Is crime going up in Llanddulas?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 7%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 42%, shoplifting and theft fell 57% and anti-social behaviour fell 35%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Llanddulas?
Violence & sexual offences: 43 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (9) and criminal damage & arson (8), with 13 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Llanddulas 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 Llanddulas’s 32.5 and 17.3, 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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