Total Crime Rate

210.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 210.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 75.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.3 8/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

The Close area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Buckley: Pentrobin , and the 39th highest crime rate of 502 local areas in Flintshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Close (CH5 3EP) in the last 12 months was 210.5 per 1,000 residents and was 515.0% higher than the Buckley: Pentrobin average (34.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 86.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Close (CH5 3EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oakfield Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wirral View (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Buckley: Pentrobin

Crime Over Time in The Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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