Total Crime Rate

241.4 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 241.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 116.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 56.0 10/10
  • Public order 21.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.2 9/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Other crime 8.6 9/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Highfield Villas area has the 5th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Mold: Broncoed , and the 30th 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 Highfield Villas (CH7 1PW) in the last 12 months was 241.4 per 1,000 residents and was 101.1% higher than the Mold: Broncoed average (120.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -7.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 137.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Villas (CH7 1PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Mold: Broncoed

Crime Over Time in Highfield Villas area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gladstone Street —
Sep 2025Other crime Park House Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glan Alun Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wrexham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park House Mews Under investigation
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Data Sources

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