Rhuddlan, Denbighshire: Safety
Safety
Crime in Rhuddlan has dropped noticeably over the past two years, falling from 89.2 crimes per 1,000 people in 2024 to 68.8 in 2025. That puts it just below the UK average of 88.6.
The trend is genuinely encouraging. Total recorded crimes fell by around 23% between 2024 and 2025. Anti-social behaviour dropped from 44 incidents to 30, and violent crime fell from 163 to 120.
Rhuddlan looks considerably quieter than the neighbouring neighbourhood of Bodelwyddan, which recorded 148.2 crimes per 1,000 people in 2025. Burglary remains low, with just 5 incidents recorded across the whole of 2025.
We don't have 2026 data for Rhuddlan yet, but recent years show a positive direction of travel.
Source: police-recorded crime for Rhuddlan ward (North Wales Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. Rhuddlan ward: North Wales Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
Rhuddlan ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
66.2
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
Wales average
96.6
Neighbouring wards
Higher than
Dyserth
57.1
Lower than
Bodelwyddan
165.9
Lower than
Rhyl South
84.2
Lower than
Rhyl Trellewelyn
82.1
Higher than
St Asaph East
59.6
Higher than
Tremeirchion
39.3
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Rhuddlan ward and the Wales average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences54%39%
- Anti-social behaviour16%15%
- Criminal damage and arson8%9%
- Public order6%10%
- Other theft4%5%
- Other crime3%3%
- Shoplifting2%7%
- Drugs2%3%
- Vehicle crime2%4%
- Burglary2%3%
- Bicycle theft1%1%
- Robbery<1%1%
- Possession of weapons<1%1%
