Total Crime Rate
166.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ael Y Ffynnon area has the 5th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bagillt , and the 56th highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Flintshire .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ael Y Ffynnon (CH8 7ND) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 128.0% higher than the Bagillt average (73.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (β 79.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ael Y Ffynnon (CH8 7ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ffordd St Gregoire, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heol Fawr (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coed-Y-Fron | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ffordd St Gregoire | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pen-Y-Ball Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ffordd St Gregoire | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ffordd St Gregoire | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ffordd St Gregoire | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ffordd St Gregoire | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tudor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tudor Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A5026 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heol Fawr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heol Fawr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heol Fawr | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heol Fawr | Under investigation |
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