Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn
Middle areaWest Gwynedd. 6,594 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 140 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn at a rate of 57.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.8 per 1,000 people across Gwynedd.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 166 |
| Other crime | 78 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 75 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 35 |
| Burglary | 11 |
| Shoplifting | 5 |
| Drug offences | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Robbery | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn at a rate of 57.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.8 per 1,000 people across Gwynedd.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 38 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (166), other crime (78) and anti-social behaviour (75).
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 Gwynedd
These figures are published for the whole of Gwynedd, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Gwynedd and not Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn alone. See Gwynedd
Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn in brief
The median price paid for a home in Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn was £217,750 in 2025.
Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn had 6,483 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Cricieth & Llanaelhaearn, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.