Photo: Reading Tom from Reading, UK · CC BY 2.0Llanfairfechan records public order at 2.4 times the rate of a typical town its size
In a usual year, 33.6 violent and sexual offences and 8.3 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are logged per 1,000 inhabitants. Overall, it grades C for safety (#11 of 39 in Clwyd). Burglary, vehicle crime and damage is lower than in 60% of UK towns; violent crime, lower than in only 25%. Violence recorded locally held about level 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 Llanfairfechan
More crime than many places its size
Of 1,089 UK towns of 2,000 to 5,000 people, Llanfairfechan has the 843rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Hanslope, Ash (Dover) and Dymchurch, higher than Clayton West and Scissett, Westward Ho! and Amlwch. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The C for Llanfairfechan, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 444 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Llanfairfechan 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 Llanfairfechan’s neighbourhoods rank in Wales
0% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of Wales’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The community safety domain scores recorded crime, anti-social behaviour and fire incidents where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Llanfairfechan’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (community safety domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of Wales’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Llanfairfechan runs highest on public order (8.7 per 1,000 against 3.6), anti-social behaviour (13.5 per 1,000 against 8.8) and violence & sexual offences (33 per 1,000 against 22.4).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 117 | 33 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 48 | 13.5 | 8.8 |
| Public order | not graded | 31 | 8.7 | 3.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 21 | 5.9 | 4.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 14 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 8 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 3 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 3 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Llanfairfechan places 843rd of 1,089 towns its size, the least crime first
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 72 | Mynydd Isa Clwyd | 4,738 | 12.2 | 3.5 | 1.8 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 92 | Penrhyn Bay Clwyd | 4,201 | 13 | 3.7 | 4.2 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 110 | Gresford Clwyd | 4,948 | 11.5 | 5.7 | 5.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 166 | Penyffordd Clwyd | 3,822 | 13.9 | 5.2 | 5.6 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 840 | Clayton West and Scissett West Yorkshire | 4,382 | 29.9 | 11.8 | 10.5 | C |
| 841 | Westward Ho! Devon | 3,468 | 33.2 | 8.6 | 6.8 | C |
| 842 | Amlwch Gwynedd | 3,148 | 34.3 | 7.5 | 4.2 | C |
| 843 | Llanfairfechan Clwyd | 3,547 | 33.6 | 8.3 | 5.2 | C |
| 844 | Fishbourne West Sussex | 3,368 | 28.8 | 13.1 | 13.5 | C |
| 845 | Mancetter and Witherley Warwickshire | 2,689 | 29.3 | 12.6 | 3.2 | C |
| 846 | Maesycwmmer Gwent | 2,095 | 28.8 | 13.2 | 4.3 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 1089 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 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 Llanfairfechan, and others in Clwyd.
Crime in Llanfairfechan 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 8 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 6 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 66% of Llanfairfechan’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 20% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (64% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 2% of violent and 0% 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. 142 crimes.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 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 -4% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -16% (towns its size -1%), anti-social behaviour +20% (towns its size +0%).
No one died in a collision on Llanfairfechan’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 6 collisions with injuries inside Llanfairfechan in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Llanfairfechan is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Llanfairfechan’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 3 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Llanfairfechan had 1.
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 Llanfairfechan’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Llanfairfechan
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanfairfechan | 3,547 | 33.6 | 8.3 | C |
| Penmaenmawr | 2,762 | 34.3 | 7.2 | C |
| Dwygyfylchi | 1,403 | 13.1 | 4.8 | A |
| Beaumaris | 1,120 | 32.7 | 11.9 | C |
| Bethesda | 3,757 | 36.5 | 9.7 | C |
| Tregarth | 1,252 | 12.3 | 2.1 | A+ |
| Conwy | 15,706 | 31 | 10.7 | C |
| Bangor | 16,994 | 57.2 | 18.7 | D |
Llanfairfechan records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Penmaenmawr, 2.4 miles away, records 34.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Llanfairfechan’s 33.6.
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 Llanfairfechan 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 Llanfairfechan
Is Llanfairfechan safe?
Police recorded 33.6 violent and sexual offences and 8.3 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Llanfairfechan’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 32% of UK towns. Among 1,089 UK towns of 2,000 to 5,000 people, Llanfairfechan is 843rd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Llanfairfechan?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 16%, shoplifting and theft rose 22% and anti-social behaviour rose 20%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Llanfairfechan?
Violence & sexual offences: 117 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (31) and criminal damage & arson (21), with 48 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Llanfairfechan 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 Llanfairfechan’s 33.6 and 8.3, 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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