Total Crime Rate
136.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandy Lane area has the 15th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Queensferry and Sealand , and the 78th highest crime rate of 494 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 136.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% higher than the Queensferry and Sealand average (133.0 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 Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 78.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandy Lane (CH5 2JE), the main crime hotspot is near Farm Road. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Queensferry and Sealand| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mapplewood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welsh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welsh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welsh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welsh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welsh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Welsh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mapplewood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mapplewood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sealand Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Andrew Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Andrew Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrew Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrew Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Andrew Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sealand Avenue | — |
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