Total Crime Rate

1645.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

241.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1645.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 941.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 304.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 241.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 150.0 10/10
  • Public order 70.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 58.3 10/10
  • Other theft 37.5 10/10
  • Drugs 25.0 10/10
  • Other crime 16.7 10/10
  • Robbery 12.5 9/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Holywell Road area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Flint: Castle , and the highest crime rate of 494 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 Holywell Road (CH6 5ES) in the last 12 months was 1645.8 per 1,000 residents and was 826.8% higher than the Flint: Castle average (177.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 226 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 241.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holywell Road (CH6 5ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Earl Street, where police recorded 311 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Holywell Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/71)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sydney Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Feather Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft New Roskell Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Earl Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Earl Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Earl Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Earl Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Feather Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lloyd Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Earl Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Earl Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Earl Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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