The crimes police recorded inside Morfa Bychan’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 are below; Morfa Bychan has no Safety Grade. We grade Safety from 1,000 residents, and Morfa Bychan has fewer: at that size a handful of incidents moves the rate a long way. Its police logs show 56.7 violent and sexual offences and 14.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents a year.
Violent crime
56.7
per 1,000 residents a year · graded
Homes & vehicles
14.7
burglary, vehicle crime, damage · graded
Shoplifting & theft
10.5
per 1,000 a year · not graded
Anti-social behaviour
42.7
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
Violence & sexual offences77.7
Anti-social behaviour63
Criminal damage & arson12.6
Public order8.4
Other theft8.4
Other crime4.2
Burglary2.1
Drugs2.1
Vehicle crime2.1
Shoplifting0
Bicycle theft0
Possession of weapons0
Robbery0
Theft from the person0
Violent (graded)Homes & vehicles (graded)Not gradedTypical town its size
Against the typical town its size, Morfa Bychan runs highest on anti-social behaviour (63 per 1,000 against 5.3) and violence & sexual offences (77.7 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
Category
In the grade
Reports
Per 1,000
Typical
Violence & sexual offences
Violent
37
77.7
16.6
Anti-social behaviour
not graded
30
63
5.3
Criminal damage & arson
Home & vehicle
6
12.6
3.2
Public order
not graded
4
8.4
2.4
Other theft
not graded
4
8.4
2.5
Other crime
not graded
2
4.2
1.1
Burglary
Home & vehicle
1
2.1
1.6
Drugs
not graded
1
2.1
0.6
Vehicle crime
Home & vehicle
1
2.1
1.5
Shoplifting
not graded
0
0
0
Bicycle theft
not graded
0
0
0
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
8
homes & vehicles
4
shoplifting & theft
103
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 17 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.
Trend · monthly
37 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 30 the year before
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Morfa BychanUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Homes & vehicles per 1,000 a year
Morfa BychanUK 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). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +23% (towns its size +3%), anti-social behaviour +30% (towns its size -1%).
Neighbours
Crime in the places around Morfa Bychan
PorthmadogCricciethHarlechPenrhyndeudraethPwllheliPenygroesBlaenau FfestiniogMorfa Bychan
Morfa Bychan records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Porthmadog, 1.6 miles away, records 42.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Morfa Bychan’s 56.7.
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 Morfa Bychan 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 Morfa Bychan
Is Morfa Bychan safe?
Police recorded 56.7 violent and sexual offences and 14.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Morfa Bychan’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Morfa Bychan?
Police recorded 37 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 30 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Morfa Bychan?
Violence & sexual offences: 37 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (6) and public order (4), with 30 reports of anti-social behaviour.
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: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0