Total Crime Rate

155.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 155.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.6 9/10
  • Other theft 24.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Burglary 14.1 9/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 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

Riverside Park area has the 10th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Queensferry and Sealand , and the 69th 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 Riverside Park (CH5 2JR) in the last 12 months was 155.5 per 1,000 residents and was 25.3% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 70.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Riverside Park (CH5 2JR), the main crime hotspot is near Maes Helyg. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Riverside Park area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welsh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mapplewood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Maes Helyg Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welsh Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welsh Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Welsh Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverside Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mapplewood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mapplewood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge View Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B5441 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge View Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge View —
Sep 2025Burglary Sandy Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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