Total Crime Rate
13.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Byron Close area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Buckley: Pentrobin , and the 55th lowest crime rate of 502 local areas in Flintshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Byron Close (CH5 3TE) in the last 12 months was 13.4 per 1,000 residents and was 60.9% lower than the Buckley: Pentrobin average (34.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Byron Close (CH5 3TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenvale Park (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Buckley: Pentrobin| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Llys Brenig | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Davids Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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