Total Crime Rate

173.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 173.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.9 10/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 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

Halkyn Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holywell West , and the 54th highest crime rate of 502 local areas in Flintshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Halkyn Road (CH8 7RZ) in the last 12 months was 173.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.5% higher than the Holywell West average (103.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 65.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Halkyn Road (CH8 7RZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Chester Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cae'R Fron (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Halkyn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Llys Bychan —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Chester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Chester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Chester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Beeches —
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Data Sources

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