Postcode · Deeside
Crime in CH5 3SH
How much crime is recorded in CH5 3SH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Ewloe & Hawarden
- Council
- Flintshire
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,547 (2024)
CH5 3SHDeeside
How safe is CH5 3SH
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CH5 3SH area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
35
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
CH5 3SHNational
Violence and sexual offences13.723.6
Anti-social behaviour9.910.7
Burglary3.99.1
Shoplifting3.68.4
Public order2.04.6
Other theft1.94.5
Criminal damage and arson1.44.7
Vehicle crime0.63.5
Other crime0.31.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Drugs0.22.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 22% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.