Total Crime Rate

297.1 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 297.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 184.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Bramble Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Buckley: Bistre East , and the 25th 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 Bramble Close (CH7 2BD) in the last 12 months was 297.1 per 1,000 residents and was 256.8% higher than the Buckley: Bistre East average (83.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -65.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 81.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bramble Close (CH7 2BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Llys Padeswood, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alyn Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bramble Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bramble Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Precinct Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Precinct Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Padeswood Road North Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Padeswood Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alyn Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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