Total Crime Rate

180.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 180.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 85.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.0 10/10
  • Public order 20.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Mechanics Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Hawarden: Mancot , and the 51st 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 Mechanics Lane (CH5 2AB) in the last 12 months was 180.3 per 1,000 residents and was 267.4% higher than the Hawarden: Mancot average (49.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -6.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 105.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mechanics Lane (CH5 2AB), the main crime hotspot is near Willow Lane. Police recorded 7 crimes here, including 4 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Hawarden: Mancot

Crime Over Time in Mechanics Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Mancot Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ffordd Pentre Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mancot Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mancot Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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