Total Crime Rate
106.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bryn Wood Drive area has the 9th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Buckley: Bistre East , and the 111th highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Flintshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bryn Wood Drive (CH7 2BU) in the last 12 months was 106.0 per 1,000 residents and was 61.1% higher than the Buckley: Bistre East average (65.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 60.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 78.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bryn Wood Drive (CH7 2BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Llys Padeswood, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Terrig Crescent (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moel View Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Terrig Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramble Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Llys Padeswood | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillsview Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Llys Padeswood | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hillside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terrig Crescent | Under investigation |
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