Total Crime Rate
298.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aston Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Queensferry and Sealand , and the 19th highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Flintshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Aston Road (CH5 1TJ) in the last 12 months was 298.8 per 1,000 residents and was 124.6% higher 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aston Road (CH5 1TJ), 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.
View Crime In Shotton East and Shotton Higher| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chevrons Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plough Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Ethelwold'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ethelwold'S Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plough Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plough Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plough Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plough Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aston Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other crime | Glasll Wyn | Under investigation |
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