Total Crime Rate

34.9 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 34.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.7 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Maxwell Close area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Buckley: Bistre East , and the 195th lowest 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 Maxwell Close (CH7 3JF) in the last 12 months was 34.9 per 1,000 residents and was 58.0% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 13.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Maxwell Close (CH7 3JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coppa View, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moorefields (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Buckley: Bistre East

Crime Over Time in Maxwell Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ullswater Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maxwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cwrt Wilkinson Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cwrt Wilkinson Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorefields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Coppa View Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Coppa View Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Coppa View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rydal Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jubilee Road

Data Sources

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