Postcode district · Penrhyndeudraeth
Crime in LL48
How much crime is recorded in LL48, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Gwynedd
- Region
- Wales
- Population
- 3,720 (2024)
LL48Postcode district · Penrhyndeudraeth
How safe is LL48
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in LL48, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
21.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
53
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
LL48National
Anti-social behaviour20.010.7
Violence and sexual offences19.323.6
Burglary4.79.1
Public order4.14.6
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Other theft2.54.5
Shoplifting1.38.4
Drugs0.72.4
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Vehicle crime0.53.5
Other crime0.51.5
Robbery0.31.4
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 7% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.