Total Crime Rate
141.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Welsh Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Queensferry and Sealand , and the 76th 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 Welsh Road (CH5 2HX) in the last 12 months was 141.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% higher than the Queensferry and Sealand average (124.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 74.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Welsh Road (CH5 2HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maes Helyg, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leopard Moth Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Queensferry and Sealand| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorn View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Welsh Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopard Moth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopard Moth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopard Moth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopard Moth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopard Moth Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverside Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | B5441 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sandy Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welsh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welsh Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welsh Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maes Helyg | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mapplewood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mapplewood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mapplewood Avenue | Under investigation |
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