Total Crime Rate

390.5 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 390.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 209.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.2 10/10
  • Public order 28.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 19.1 10/10
  • Other crime 19.1 10/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Earls Lea area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Flint: Castle , and the 13th 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 Earls Lea (CH6 5BT) in the last 12 months was 390.5 per 1,000 residents and was 114.5% higher than the Flint: Castle average (182.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -84.6% ).

In the area around Earls Lea (CH6 5BT), 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 (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Earls Lea area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/41)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barons Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coleshill Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barons Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Sydney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Sydney Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleshill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Earl Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Sydney Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Sydney Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swinchiard Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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