Crime Rate in Shotton East and Shotton Higher, ward

Shotton East and Shotton Higher has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 wards in Flintshire district and the 405th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Shotton East and Shotton Higher in the last 12 months was 176.9 per 1,000 residents and was 123.0% higher than the Flintshire district average (79.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Shotton East and Shotton Higher’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 274 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 70.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 323 (≈ 75.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Shotton East and Shotton Higher ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 110 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Dee View (25 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.