Rhyl South West
Middle areaNorth Denbighshire. 5,696 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Rhyl South West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Rhyl South West
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rhyl South West at a rate of 185.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 110.7 per 1,000 people across Denbighshire.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 487 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 180 |
| Other crime | 171 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 84 |
| Shoplifting | 59 |
| Drug offences | 33 |
| Burglary | 23 |
| Vehicle crime | 15 |
| Robbery | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Rhyl South West compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Rhyl South West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rhyl South West at a rate of 185.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 110.7 per 1,000 people across Denbighshire.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 125 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rhyl South West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (487), anti-social behaviour (180) and other crime (171).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Denbighshire
These figures are published for the whole of Denbighshire, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Denbighshire and not Rhyl South West alone. See Denbighshire
Rhyl South West in brief
The median price paid for a home in Rhyl South West was £133,000 in 2025.
Rhyl South West had 5,566 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Rhyl South West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rhyl South West, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.