Postcode district · Caernarfon
Crime in LL55
How much crime is recorded in LL55, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Gwynedd
- Region
- Wales
- Population
- 26,246 (2024)
LL55Postcode district · Caernarfon
How safe is LL55
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 30.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in LL55, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
30.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
65
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).
LL55National
Violence and sexual offences26.123.6
Anti-social behaviour13.410.7
Shoplifting8.18.4
Burglary6.79.1
Criminal damage and arson5.94.7
Public order4.34.6
Other theft3.54.5
Drugs2.22.4
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Other crime1.31.5
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Theft from the person0.62.1
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 13% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
20
30
40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.