Total Crime Rate

495.0 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 495.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 215.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 97.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 57.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.3 10/10
  • Public order 26.9 10/10
  • Burglary 20.2 10/10
  • Drugs 16.8 9/10
  • Other theft 13.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Church Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Flint: Castle , and the 6th 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 Church Street (CH6 5AD) in the last 12 months was 495.0 per 1,000 residents and was 172.0% higher than the Flint: Castle average (182.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 245.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (CH6 5AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Earl Street, where police recorded 210 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/54)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Sydney Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Feather Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barons Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Earl Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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