Total Crime Rate

41.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 41.7 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Spon Green area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Buckley: Bistre East , and the 224th lowest crime rate of 502 local areas in Flintshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Spon Green (CH7 3BH) in the last 12 months was 41.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 733.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spon Green (CH7 3BH), the main crime hotspot is near Brook Street. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Spon Green area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chester Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bank Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chester Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cwrt Brenig Under investigation

Data Sources

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