Total Crime Rate

98.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • 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

Hancocks Lane area has the 12th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Buckley: Bistre East , and the 135th highest crime rate of 502 local areas in Flintshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hancocks Lane (CH7 2DB) in the last 12 months was 98.1 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 53.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hancocks Lane (CH7 2DB), the main crime hotspot is near Nant Mawr Crescent. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Buckley: Bistre East

Crime Over Time in Hancocks Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dawn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clwyd Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fraser Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clwyd Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bryn Mawr Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Powell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Powell Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clwyd Grove —
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Data Sources

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