Total Crime Rate

50.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 50.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Laurel Drive area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Buckley: Bistre East , and the 248th highest crime rate of 502 local areas in Flintshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Laurel Drive (CH7 2QP) in the last 12 months was 50.0 per 1,000 residents and was 39.9% lower than the Buckley: Bistre East average (83.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laurel Drive (CH7 2QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coppa View, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Swain Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Buckley: Bistre East

Crime Over Time in Laurel Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jubilee Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Cwrt Wilkinson Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorefields Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Coppa View Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Coppa View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Coppa View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cwrt Brenig Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cwrt Wilkinson Under investigation
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Data Sources

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