Total Crime Rate
142.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026King Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Mold: Broncoed , and the 71st highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Flintshire .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around King Street (CH7 1LA) in the last 12 months was 142.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% higher than the Mold: Broncoed average (106.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 81.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around King Street (CH7 1LA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henffordd | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lead Mills | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lead Mills | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lead Mills | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lead Mills | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackfriars Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hall View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henffordd | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henffordd | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Henffordd | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bryn Garmon | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lead Mills | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lead Mills | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milford Street | Under investigation |
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