# Rhyl

Town in Denbighshire, Wales.

Rhyl is a town in Denbighshire, Wales. Median sale price £171,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 198.1 per 1,000 people. About 27,875 people.

Town. Code W45000022. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Denbighshire](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire)

Rhyl is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Rhyl 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: £171,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Rhyl was £171,000 in 2025. 116th 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/rhyl#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 26,982** (2021). Rhyl had 26,982 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 414th most 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/rhyl#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 2%** (2022). About 2% of people in Rhyl 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/rhyl#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 85.6%** (January 2026). In Rhyl, 85.6% 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/rhyl#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=W45000022) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 2% of people in Rhyl 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=W45000022) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 337 homes were sold in Rhyl in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=W45000022) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Rhyl.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=W45000022) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Rhyl had 26,982 usual residents at the census.

## How Rhyl compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Rhyl | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £171,000 | 26th cheapest | 76 towns, Wales · 2025 |
| Population | 26,982 | 18th most populated | 76 towns, Wales · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 2% | fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 76 towns, Wales · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 85.6% | 14th lowest | 76 towns, Wales · Jan 2026 |

## Is Rhyl safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rhyl at a rate of 198.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.7 per 1,000 people across Wales.
In August 2026 alone, 540 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rhyl.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,354), anti-social behaviour (992) and other crime (891).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Rhyl was 192.6 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 Rhyl, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Rhyl has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Rhyl

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Denbighshire 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000226) | 1,540 | 123.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 45.1% |
| [Denbighshire 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000227) | 1,485 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.5% |
| [Denbighshire 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000228) | 1,627 | 152.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.4% |
| [Denbighshire 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000239) | 1,720 | 273.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.3% |
| [Denbighshire 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000240) | 1,670 | 1,035.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 80.8% |
| [Denbighshire 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000241) | 1,524 | 373.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.3% |
| [Denbighshire 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000236) | 1,997 | 232.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.4% |
| [Denbighshire 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000237) | 1,773 | 211.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.0% |
| [Denbighshire 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000238) | 1,796 | 104.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| [Denbighshire 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000231) | 1,332 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| [Denbighshire 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000232) | 1,636 | 67.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Denbighshire 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000233) | 1,304 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Denbighshire 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000235) | 1,335 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.9% |
| [Denbighshire 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000229) | 1,537 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Denbighshire 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000230) | 1,920 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| [Denbighshire 017G](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/neighbourhood/w01000234) | 2,298 | 101.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |

## 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

[Denbighshire](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire)

## Postcode districts covering Rhyl

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

## Middle areas in Rhyl

[Rhyl East](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/rhyl-east), [Rhyl North](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/rhyl-north), [Rhyl South West](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire/rhyl-south-west)

## Towns near Rhyl

[Prestatyn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/prestatyn), [Kinmel Bay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kinmel-bay), [Abergele](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abergele), [Colwyn Bay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/colwyn-bay), [Denbigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/denbigh), [Holywell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/holywell)

## Rhyl in brief

Rhyl is a town in Denbighshire, Wales.
About 27,875 people lived in Rhyl in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £171,000 in 2025 across 337 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 198.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Rhyl was £171,000 in 2025.
Rhyl had 26,982 usual residents at the census.
About 2% of people in Rhyl live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rhyl, 85.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: W45000022
- Constituency: [Clwyd North †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/clwyd-north)
- Council: [Denbighshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire)
- Nation: [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/wales)
- Area: 6.65 km²
- People, mid-2024: 27,875*
- Neighbourhoods: 16
- Output areas: 88

* 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

[Prestatyn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/prestatyn), [Kinmel Bay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kinmel-bay), [Abergele](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abergele), [Colwyn Bay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/colwyn-bay), [Denbigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/denbigh), [Holywell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/holywell)

## Latest updates for Rhyl

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/W45000022

## How to cite

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

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/rhyl