Total Crime Rate
58.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Norman Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Queensferry and Sealand , and the 207th highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Flintshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Norman Street (CH5 1NS) in the last 12 months was 58.0 per 1,000 residents and was 56.4% lower than the Queensferry and Sealand average (133.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Norman Street (CH5 1NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grange Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Ethelwold'S Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Ethelwold'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ethelwold'S Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chevrons Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Glasll Wyn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cwrt Melrose | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cwrt Melrose | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westminster Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Butler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossways | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crossways | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Street | — |
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