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Rhyl

Rhyl is a town in Clwyd, Wales, with a population of around 25,874. It has 1 GP surgery, 4 pharmacies, 1 park, and 28 restaurants and cafés, with 21 bus stops and Rhyl railway station 0.8 km away. The average sold house price is around £195,487, and there were around 395 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 Rhyl 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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 61% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 4° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:36

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

Crime

479 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences213
  • Anti-social behaviour93
  • Public order37
  • Criminal damage & arson30

52 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Rhyl West · North Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Rhyl Town Centre
  • Retail crime: Marina Quay

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

299 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 240 rated 4–5 ★ (204 top)
  • 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Rhyl (0.3 km)
  • 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Rhyl (0.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

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 (7.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

18 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: West Kinmel Street Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches32
  • Playgrounds17

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

  • Schools10
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens230
  • Restaurants & cafés82

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,460 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

149 jobs advertised · £40,197 avg

e.g. Store Manager, 7.5t Driver, Graduate Project Manager

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Wind 39% · Nuclear 28% · Gas 20% · Solar 9%

81 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

12 GP surgeries · 13 pharmacies in LL18

  • Gp Central Ooh Service
  • C & D Ooh Centre
  • Substance Misuse Service

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

  • Rhyl Town Hall · 0.1 km

    Rhyl Town Hall is a municipal structure in Wellington Road in Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Rhyl Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.

  • Rhyl West · 0.2 km

    Rhyl West is the name of one of the electoral wards of the town of Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales. It covers the northwest part of the town, including the town centre at one end and as far as Marine Lake and the Marina Qua…

  • Rhyl railway station · 0.3 km

    Rhyl railway station is on the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line and serves the holiday resort of Rhyl, Wales.

  • SC2 (leisure complex) · 0.3 km

    SC2 is a leisure complex in Rhyl, United Kingdom.

  • Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Rhyl · 0.3 km

    Our Lady of the Assumption Church, also known as St Mary's Church, is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Rhyl, Denbighshire. It was founded in 1851 by the Society of Jesus and was rebuilt in 1973. The original foundati…

  • Prescott punch · 0.5 km

    In the evening of 16 May 2001, John Prescott, the British deputy prime minister, was hit in the face by an egg while walking to a Labour Party election rally at the Little Theatre in Rhyl, North Wales, in the run-up t…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Rhyl?
Rhyl is a town in Clwyd, Wales, in the Denbighshire local authority.
What is the population of Rhyl?
Rhyl has an approximate settlement population of 25,874.
How deprived is Rhyl?
The Denbighshire local authority, which includes Rhyl, is around the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.