Total Crime Rate
42.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leaches Lane area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Hawarden: Mancot , and the 232nd lowest crime rate of 494 local areas in Flintshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leaches Lane (CH5 2EH) in the last 12 months was 42.9 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% lower than the Hawarden: Mancot average (45.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leaches Lane (CH5 2EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mancot Lane, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church View (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hawarden: Mancot| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Terrace | — |
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