Crap Towns / Clwyd / Kinmel Bay
Kinmel Bay
78/100Crap Score
Too small for the table, which starts at 10,000 people, but it still scores 78. Higher scores are crapper.
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Letters from the locals
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agree it's crap have defended it
Like Rhyl, but over the river.
Sandy beach, caravan parks and roads that flood, all in full view of Rhyl.
Kinmel Bay's got a sandy beach, a load of caravans and Rhyl just over the river. Some people call it Criminal Bay, and with crime nearly a third above the typical town's, they've got a point. The drains can't cope and the roads flood, so naturally the council wants more houses on the land that floods.
The roads see more serious crashes than most and the storm overflows spill more than most. A couple of the bathing waters only scraped Sufficient. Good sand, though. Watch where you sit.
What the score is made of
Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.
Kinmel Bay's 88 for sewage spills means it's crapper than 88% of towns.
- Sewage spills88/1001,351 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
- Serious road collisions80/1003.6 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
- Criminal damage and arson75/1009.1 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Fly-tipping68/10014.6 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Conwy council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
- Rain66/100139 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
- Anti-social behaviour65/10017.5 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Deliberate fires50/100
- Food hygiene41/1001.8% rated 0 to 2, of the 56 food businesses with a rating
- Broadband29/1002.1% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 11.7% across the Conwy council area
- Air pollution4/1003.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of fine particles, 2024 average
| Pos | Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhyl | 94 |
| 2 | Llandudno | 87 |
| – | Kinmel Bay | 78 |
| 3 | Colwyn Bay | 78 |
| 4 | Prestatyn | 71 |
| 5 | Wrexham | 66 |
| 6 | Flint | 63 |
| 7 | Rhosllannerchrugog | 54 |
| 8 | Connah's Quay | 52 |
Kinmel Bay by numbers
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Crime, muck and dodgy water
- 98.9 crimes per 1,000 people a year (September 2023 to August 2026) Worse: 30% higher than the typical town's 76.2
- 3 reports of abandoned vehicles on FixMyStreet, the most reported problem in the year to October 2026 Worse: 3.3 per 10,000 people, 3.7x the typical town's 0.9
- 0 of 5 bathing waters here or within 2 km rated Excellent in 2025
What's left on the high street
- 7 pubs on the map here as of 1 October 2026
- 9.1% of takeaways rated 0 to 2 for hygiene (1 of 11) Worse: 2.3x the typical town's 4.0%
- 2 public toilets on the map (October 2026) Better: 2.2 per 10,000 people, 38% higher than the typical town's 1.6
Getting about, getting online, getting rained on
- 12.39am last bus out on a Wednesday Better: Later than the typical town's 12.14am
- 0.6% of premises can't get superfast broadband (January 2026) Worse: 20% higher than the typical town's 0.5%
- 8.1% live more than 400 metres from a park or play space Better: 48% lower than the typical town's 15.5%
- 1,490 hours of sunshine a year (1991 to 2020 average) About the same: About the same as the typical town's 1,532
Conwy council
Have a crap-off
Kinmel Bay against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.
- ?Fly-tippingper 1,000, council area?
- ?Anti-social behaviourper 1,000 people?
- ?Serious road crashesper 10,000 people?
- ?Sewage spillshours per 10,000 people?
- ?Food hygienerated poor?
- ?Criminal damageper 1,000 people?
- ?Dirty airµg/m³?
- ?No gigabitof premises can't get it?
- ?Deliberate firesper 10,000 people?
- ?Raindays a year?
Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.