Crime Rate in Pen-y-ffordd, ward

Pen-y-ffordd has the 5th lowest crime rate of 45 wards in Flintshire district and the 515th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Pen-y-ffordd in the last 12 months was 24.8 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% lower than the Flintshire district average (77.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Pen-y-ffordd’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -89.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 11.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Pen-y-ffordd ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Plas-Yn-Rhos. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.