Total Crime Rate

88.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 88.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Cottage Lane area has the 7th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Hawarden: Mancot , and the 146th highest crime rate of 502 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 Cottage Lane (CH5 2AZ) in the last 12 months was 88.1 per 1,000 residents and was 79.6% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottage Lane (CH5 2AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ash Lane, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookleigh Avenue (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Hawarden: Mancot

Crime Over Time in Cottage Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookleigh Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashfield Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Paddock Under investigation
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Data Sources

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