Total Crime Rate

122.8 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 122.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.8 9/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 1.6 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Welsh Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Queensferry and Sealand , and the 92nd 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 Welsh Road (CH5 2RF) in the last 12 months was 122.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1.1% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 45.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welsh Road (CH5 2RF), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Welsh Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Rhodfa Donaldson Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawthorn View —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leopard Moth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leopard Moth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leopard Moth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leopard Moth Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft Maes Helyg Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leopard Moth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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