# Kinmel Bay

Town in Conwy, Wales.

Kinmel Bay is a town in Conwy, Wales. Median sale price £193,750 in 2025. Recorded crime 111.0 per 1,000 people. About 8,948 people.

Town. Code W45000029. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy)

Kinmel Bay is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Kinmel Bay add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £193,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Kinmel Bay was £193,750 in 2025. 203rd cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kinmel-bay#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 9,016** (2021). Kinmel Bay had 9,016 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 157th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kinmel-bay#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 23%** (2022). About 23% of people in Kinmel Bay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kinmel-bay#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.9%** (January 2026). In Kinmel Bay, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kinmel-bay#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=W45000029) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 23% of people in Kinmel Bay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=W45000029) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 168 homes were sold in Kinmel Bay in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=W45000029) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Kinmel Bay.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=W45000029) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Kinmel Bay had 9,016 usual residents at the census.

## How Kinmel Bay compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Kinmel Bay | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £193,750 | 37th cheapest | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 |
| Population | 9,016 | 15th least populated | 76 towns, Wales · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 23% | 4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 76 towns, Wales · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.9% | 5th highest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 |

## Is Kinmel Bay safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kinmel Bay at a rate of 111.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales.
In August 2026 alone, 134 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kinmel Bay.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (518), other crime (167) and anti-social behaviour (144).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Kinmel Bay was 119.7 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Kinmel Bay, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Kinmel Bay has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

## Neighbourhoods in Kinmel Bay

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Conwy 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy/neighbourhood/w01000149) | 1,488 | 97.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| [Conwy 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy/neighbourhood/w01000150) | 1,478 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% |
| [Conwy 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy/neighbourhood/w01000151) | 1,522 | 128.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| [Conwy 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy/neighbourhood/w01000152) | 1,417 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| [Conwy 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy/neighbourhood/w01000184) | 2,267 | 168.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.7% |
| [Conwy 010G](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy/neighbourhood/w01001927) | 1,348 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |

## Your MP

- [Clwyd North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/clwyd-north): Gill German (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy)

## Postcode districts covering Kinmel Bay

[LL18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ll18), [LL22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ll22)

## Middle areas in Kinmel Bay

[Kinmel Bay & Towyn](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy/kinmel-bay-and-towyn)

## Towns near Kinmel Bay

[Rhyl](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rhyl), [Abergele](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abergele), [Prestatyn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/prestatyn), [Colwyn Bay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/colwyn-bay), [Denbigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/denbigh), [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/town/conwy)

## Kinmel Bay in brief

Kinmel Bay is a town in Conwy, Wales.
About 8,948 people lived in Kinmel Bay in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £193,750 in 2025 across 168 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 111.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Kinmel Bay was £193,750 in 2025.
Kinmel Bay had 9,016 usual residents at the census.
About 23% of people in Kinmel Bay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Kinmel Bay, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: W45000029
- Constituency: [Clwyd North †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/clwyd-north)
- Council: [Conwy †](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy)
- Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales)
- Area: 4.26 km²
- People, mid-2024: 8,948*
- Neighbourhoods: 6
- Output areas: 29

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Rhyl](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rhyl), [Abergele](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abergele), [Prestatyn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/prestatyn), [Colwyn Bay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/colwyn-bay), [Denbigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/denbigh), [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/town/conwy)

## Latest updates for Kinmel Bay

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/W45000029

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/kinmel-bay, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/kinmel-bay#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/kinmel-bay