Photo: SilkTork · CC BY-SA 3.0Penrhyndeudraeth stands out for anti-social behaviour: 8.7 times the rate of a typical town its size
Violence recorded locally dropped 10% in a year. Out of every 1,000 residents, 34.7 violent and sexual offences and 11.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are reported annually. The overall Safety Grade is C, which means more crime per resident than 73% of UK towns, judged on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. It has more violent crime than 77% of UK towns, and more burglary, vehicle crime and damage than 60%.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Penrhyndeudraeth
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 10% less violent crime per resident in Penrhyndeudraeth than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Penrhyndeudraeth has the 1,073rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Llanberis, Rocester and Skirlaugh, higher than Borth, Shardlow and Kingstone. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: C for Penrhyndeudraeth
A fairly firm grade. Built on 198 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Penrhyndeudraeth 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, Penrhyndeudraeth runs highest on anti-social behaviour (46.5 per 1,000 against 5.3) and violence & sexual offences (31.4 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 68 | 46.5 | 5.3 |
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 46 | 31.4 | 16.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 8 | 5.5 | 2.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 6 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 5 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 3 | 2.1 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 3 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 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.
Of 1,214 towns its size, Penrhyndeudraeth is 1,073rd from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 155 | Tregarth Gwynedd | 1,252 | 12.3 | 2.1 | 0.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 289 | Bethel Gwynedd | 1,091 | 13.4 | 4 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 652 | Llanerchymedd Gwynedd | 1,155 | 21.9 | 3.5 | 2.6 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 720 | Criccieth Gwynedd | 1,737 | 20.7 | 6.1 | 8.6 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 1070 | Borth Dyfed | 1,115 | 33.3 | 11.8 | 7.7 | C |
| 1071 | Shardlow Derbyshire | 1,190 | 29.1 | 16 | 9.5 | C |
| 1072 | Kingstone Herefordshire | 1,500 | 32 | 13.3 | 2.7 | C |
| 1073 | Penrhyndeudraeth Gwynedd | 1,463 | 34.7 | 11 | 4.3 | C |
| 1074 | St Erth Cornwall | 1,128 | 34.5 | 11.3 | 3.8 | C |
| 1075 | Cockfield County Durham | 1,351 | 31.6 | 14.3 | 8.4 | C |
| 1076 | Byram North Yorkshire | 1,436 | 33.7 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 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 Penrhyndeudraeth, and others in Gwynedd.
How crime in Penrhyndeudraeth 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 -10% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -59% (towns its size +0%), anti-social behaviour +45% (towns its size -1%).
Crime in Penrhyndeudraeth 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 6 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 5 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 Penrhyndeudraeth’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 6 collisions with injuries inside Penrhyndeudraeth in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 1 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 Penrhyndeudraeth is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Penrhyndeudraeth’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; Penrhyndeudraeth 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 Penrhyndeudraeth’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Penrhyndeudraeth
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penrhyndeudraeth | 1,463 | 34.7 | 11 | C |
| Porthmadog | 2,579 | 42.7 | 12.7 | C− |
| Harlech | 1,261 | 28.1 | 8.2 | C+ |
| Blaenau Ffestiniog | 3,449 | 53.4 | 12.3 | D |
| Criccieth | 1,737 | 20.7 | 6.1 | B |
Penrhyndeudraeth records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 4 neighbours; only Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog record more. Harlech, 5 miles away, records 28.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Penrhyndeudraeth’s 34.7.
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 Penrhyndeudraeth 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 Penrhyndeudraeth
Is Penrhyndeudraeth safe?
Police recorded 34.7 violent and sexual offences and 11 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Penrhyndeudraeth’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 27% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Penrhyndeudraeth is 1,073rd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Penrhyndeudraeth?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 10%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 59%, shoplifting and theft rose 60% 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 Penrhyndeudraeth?
Violence & sexual offences: 46 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (8) and criminal damage & arson (6), with 68 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 · 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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