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Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay is a town in Clwyd, Wales, with a population of around 29,275. It has around 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and 48 restaurants and cafés, along with 13 bus stops and the Colwyn Bay railway station 0.2 km away. The average sold house price is around £248,168, and there were around 166 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Colwyn Bay area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Conwy area is less deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 114,741 residents at roughly 102 people per km².

Council
Conwy
County
Clwyd
Constituency
Clwyd West
Police force
North Wales

Weather

8°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 3° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:41

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

Crime

167 reported · August 2026▼ 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences74
  • Anti-social behaviour22
  • Shoplifting18
  • Public order16

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Rhiw · North Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)
  • High Value Shoplifting

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

97 reported road collisions (2025)

39 killed or seriously injured · 138 casualties · 8.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

226 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 193 rated 4–5 ★ (161 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Colwyn Bay (0.2 km)
  • 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Colwyn Bay (0.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£218,235 average▲ 3% YoY

Across Conwy · to 2026-08

Detached£322,303
Semi-detached£224,529
Terraced£175,649
Flat£128,312

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£796 average monthly rent▲ 2.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £588
  • 2 bed £734
  • 3 bed £862

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

6.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.8 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (1.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (6.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Conwy Council Offices (C/O A&b Engineering) (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches37
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

114,741 residents in Conwy · 102/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,984
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,014
  • Net moves+970

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Wales

6% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 13% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 58,330)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Your MP

Gill German

Labour

Clwyd North

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Labour / Plaid Cymru coalition

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens16
  • Restaurants & cafés49

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

61 jobs advertised · £42,120 avg

e.g. Assistant Psychologist, Lecturer in Business, Heating Engineer | Installer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£726 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,818 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

32% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 63,468 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Nuclear 25% · Wind 21% · Solar 3%

188 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

9 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in LL29

  • The Dawn Centre
  • Princes Park
  • Rhoslan Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Clwyd North:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Colwyn Bay railway station · 0.3 km

    Colwyn Bay railway station is on the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line serving the seaside town of Colwyn Bay in the Conwy County Borough of North Wales.

  • St Paul's Church, Colwyn Bay · 0.3 km

    St Paul's Church, Colwyn Bay is an active Anglican parish church in the town of Colwyn Bay, Wales. It is located in the Mission Area of Aled in the archdeaconry of St Asaph, and the Diocese of St Asaph. The church is…

  • St David's Welsh Church, Colwyn Bay · 0.3 km

    St David's Welsh Church, Colwyn Bay is in Rhiw Road, Colwyn Bay, Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is an Anglican church in the parish of Colwyn Bay with Bryn-Y-Maen, the deanery of Rhos, the archdeaconry of St Asaph, a…

  • Colwyn Bay Town Hall · 0.3 km

    Colwyn Bay Town Hall is a municipal building located on Rhiw Road in Colwyn Bay in Conwy County Borough in Wales. The structure was completed in 1907 as a magistrates' court. Since the 1990s it has served as the headq…

  • St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Colwyn Bay · 0.4 km

    St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church is on Conway Road, Colwyn Bay, in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The Roman Catholic parish church of Colwyn Bay, it is part of the Diocese of Wrexham.

  • Victoria Pier, Colwyn Bay · 0.4 km

    Victoria Pier is a pier in the seaside resort of Colwyn Bay, Wales. The pier fell into disrepair and much of it was demolished, it was reopened in 2021 with a reduced length. Visitors can access the pier and see the b…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Colwyn Bay?
Colwyn Bay is a town in Clwyd, Wales, in the Conwy local authority.
What is the population of Colwyn Bay?
Colwyn Bay has an approximate settlement population of 29,275.
How deprived is Colwyn Bay?
The Conwy local authority, which includes Colwyn Bay, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.