Total Crime Rate

151.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 151.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Public order 19.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Moel Fammau Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Argoed and New Brighton , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 502 local areas in Flintshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Moel Fammau Road (CH7 6QX) in the last 12 months was 151.9 per 1,000 residents and was 237.0% higher than the Argoed and New Brighton average (45.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 107.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 90.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Moel Fammau Road (CH7 6QX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near New Brighton Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lindum Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Argoed and New Brighton

Crime Over Time in Moel Fammau Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson New Brighton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lindum Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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