Total Crime Rate

114.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.2 8/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Sandy Lane area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Queensferry and Sealand , and the 109th highest crime rate of 502 local areas in Flintshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sandy Lane (CH5 2JE) in the last 12 months was 114.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% lower 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 69.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandy Lane (CH5 2JE), the main crime hotspot is near Farm Road. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sandy Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welsh Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Burglary Brookside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farm Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge View —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge View Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Welsh Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B5441 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sandy Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welsh Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welsh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farm Road —
Sep 2025Public order Mapplewood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mapplewood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mapplewood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sealand Avenue —

Data Sources

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