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Denbigh

Denbigh is a town in Clwyd, Wales, with a population of around 8,514. It has three pharmacies, one supermarket, 24 restaurants and cafés, and 12 bus stops. The average sold house price is around £230,794, and there were around 84 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 Denbigh area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Denbighshire area is around the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 95,817 residents at roughly 114 people per km².

Council
Denbighshire
County
Clwyd
Constituency
Vale of Clwyd
Police force
North Wales

Weather

8°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 55% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:36

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

Crime

81 reported · August 2026▲ 17% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences36
  • Anti-social behaviour15
  • Public order10
  • Shoplifting7

Neighbourhood team: Denbigh Central · North Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour and Criminal Activity
  • Visibility, Community Engagement and Partnership Working

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

Road safety

85 reported road collisions (2025)

42 killed or seriously injured · 127 casualties · 8.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

99 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 91 rated 4–5 ★ (85 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£207,130 average▲ 5.2% YoY

Across Denbighshire · to 2026-08

Detached£276,886
Semi-detached£189,599
Terraced£153,981
Flat£98,224

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£718 average monthly rent▲ 6.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £549
  • 2 bed £707
  • 3 bed £811

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

Affordability

5.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.9 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 141.8p · AppleGreen (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (8.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 100 kW
  • Nearest: Post Office Lane (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches26
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

95,817 residents in Denbighshire · 114/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,666
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,823
  • Net moves+843

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

Deprivation

Around the average in Wales

12% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 16% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 46,650)

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

Your MP

Gill German

Labour

Clwyd North

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Plaid Cymru coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens35
  • Restaurants & cafés26

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,460 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

43 jobs advertised · £35,503 avg

e.g. HGV 2 Driver, Pharmacist (Manager), Deputy Manager - Kids Planet Denbigh

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£660 median full-time weekly pay

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

£21,623 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,783 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

71% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Gas 27% · Nuclear 23% · Imports 2%

107 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in LL16

  • The Lodge
  • Bronyffynnon Surgery
  • Beech House 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

  • Myddelton College · 0.1 km

    Myddelton College is located at Denbigh in Wales on the site of Howell's School, Denbigh, a former girls' school founded in 1859. It was reopened in 2016 as an independent co-educational day and boarding school.

  • Howell's School, Denbigh · 0.1 km

    Howell's School Denbigh was a private girls-only school located in Denbigh, Denbighshire. A new co-educational independent school, Myddelton College, opened on the site in 2016.

  • Leicester's Church, Denbigh · 0.2 km

    Leicester's Church, originally known as St David's Church, Denbigh, is a large ruined church near to the hill top castle at Denbigh, North Wales. It was built for Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, from 1578, but f…

  • Denbigh Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Denbigh Town Hall, is a municipal building in Crown Lane, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales. The structure, which is the meeting place of Denbigh Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Denbigh · 0.2 km

    Denbigh is a market town and a community in Denbighshire, Wales. It was the original county town of the historic county of Denbighshire created in 1536. Denbigh's Welsh name translates to "Little Fortress"; a referenc…

  • St Hilary's Chapel · 0.3 km

    St Hilary's Chapel is a former church in Denbigh, Denbighshire, north Wales, of which only the tower remains. The town's garrison church, it lay to the north Denbigh Castle. It dates to c. 1290, when the borough town…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Denbigh?
Denbigh is a town in Clwyd, Wales, in the Denbighshire local authority.
What is the population of Denbigh?
Denbigh has an approximate settlement population of 8,514.
How deprived is Denbigh?
The Denbighshire local authority, which includes Denbigh, is around the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.