Total Crime Rate
16.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Northop Close area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Connah's Quay South , and the 73rd lowest crime rate of 494 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 Northop Close (CH5 4FW) in the last 12 months was 16.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.5% lower than the Connah's Quay South average (24.0 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 8.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northop Close (CH5 4FW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clivedon Road, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawklane Close (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Connah's Quay South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seathwaite Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chiltern Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Llwyni Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seathwaite Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seathwaite Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seathwaite Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seathwaite Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bodnant Grove | Under investigation |
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