Total Crime Rate

124.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 27.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.8 5/10
  • Other theft 17.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.9 8/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Broughton North East , and the 90th highest crime rate of 502 local areas in Flintshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (CH4 8SJ) in the last 12 months was 124.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% lower than the Broughton North East average (132.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 134.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CH4 8SJ), the main crime hotspot is near Howard Road. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Howard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pentre'R Ardd —
Sep 2025Public order Pentre'R Ardd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salisbury Avenue —
Sep 2025Other crime The Nook Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountain View Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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