Photo: NoelWalley at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Penrhyn Bay records less crime than nine in ten UK towns
Violence recorded locally climbed 34% in a year. Still, the Safety Grade comes out at A, drawn from crimes police recorded inside Penrhyn Bay’s built-up area through September 2023 to August 2026: #2 of 39 in Clwyd. Each year brought 13.0 violent and sexual offences and 3.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every 1,000 residents. It has less violent crime than 85% of UK towns, and less burglary, vehicle crime and damage than 94%.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Penrhyn Bay
Less crime than most places its size
Of 706 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, Penrhyn Bay has the 39th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Brayton, Brundall and Gresford, higher than Saintfield, East Horsley and North Ferriby. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 34% more violent crime per resident in Penrhyn Bay than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 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 A for Penrhyn Bay, and how it is built
A firm grade. Built on 211 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Penrhyn Bay 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 crime in Penrhyn Bay has moved
“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 +34% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour -3% (towns its size +0%).
39th of 706: Penrhyn Bay among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 31 | Mynydd Isa Clwyd | 4,738 | 12.2 | 3.5 | 1.8 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 36 | Saintfield Newry, Mourne and Down | 3,588 | 11.6 | 4.8 | 2.9 | A |
| 37 | East Horsley Surrey | 5,843 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 5.5 | A |
| 38 | North Ferriby East Riding of Yorkshire | 3,964 | 12.1 | 4.6 | 3 | A |
| 39 | Penrhyn Bay Clwyd | 4,201 | 13 | 3.7 | 4.2 | A |
| 40 | Oaklands Hertfordshire | 3,960 | 10.9 | 5.9 | 2.2 | A |
| 41 | West Parley Dorset | 3,665 | 9.1 | 7.8 | 3.4 | A |
| 42 | Cuxton Kent | 3,039 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 2.9 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 45 | Gresford Clwyd | 4,948 | 11.5 | 5.7 | 5.1 | A |
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| 73 | Penyffordd Clwyd | 3,822 | 13.9 | 5.2 | 5.6 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 452 | Hope Clwyd | 4,422 | 29 | 8.9 | 5.5 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 706 | 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 Penrhyn Bay, and others in Clwyd.
How Penrhyn Bay’s neighbourhoods rank in Wales
100% 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.
Penrhyn Bay’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.
Crime in Penrhyn Bay 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 3 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 4 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Public order and violence & sexual offences sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 69 | 16.4 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 38 | 9 | 8.8 |
| Public order | not graded | 12 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 8 | 1.9 | 4.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 8 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 7 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 2 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.2 | 2 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 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.
No one died in a collision on Penrhyn Bay’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 9 collisions with injuries inside Penrhyn Bay in five years. 2 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Penrhyn Bay is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Penrhyn Bay’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; Penrhyn Bay 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 Penrhyn Bay’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Penrhyn Bay
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penrhyn Bay | 4,201 | 13 | 3.7 | A |
| Llandudno | 14,699 | 78.4 | 23.6 | D− |
| Colwyn Bay | 29,273 | 58.1 | 15.4 | D |
| Conwy | 15,706 | 31 | 10.7 | C |
| Llansanffraid Glan Conwy | 1,663 | 14.4 | 4.2 | A |
| Mynydd Marian | 1,351 | 24.4 | 5.2 | B |
| Dwygyfylchi | 1,403 | 13.1 | 4.8 | A |
| Llanddulas | 1,097 | 32.5 | 17.3 | C− |
Penrhyn Bay records less graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table.
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 Penrhyn Bay 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 Penrhyn Bay
Is Penrhyn Bay safe?
Police recorded 13 violent and sexual offences and 3.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Penrhyn Bay’s built-up area). That earns an A for safety: less crime per resident than 90% of UK towns. Among 706 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, Penrhyn Bay is 39th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Penrhyn Bay?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 34%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 28%, shoplifting and theft fell 21% and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Penrhyn Bay?
Violence & sexual offences: 69 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (12) and criminal damage & arson (8), with 38 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Penrhyn Bay 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 Penrhyn Bay’s 13 and 3.7, 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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