Connah's Quay: Golftyn, Flintshire: Safety
Safety
Crime in Connah's Quay: Golftyn has dropped noticeably over the past two years, falling from 108.9 crimes per 1,000 people in 2024 to 94.6 in 2025. So far in 2026, the neighbourhood is tracking well below the UK average.
For 2024 and 2025, crime here was above the UK average. But 2026 shows a real shift. The rate is now broadly in line with the national average, and anti-social behaviour has fallen significantly compared to previous years.
Golftyn also sees considerably less crime than the neighbouring Connah's Quay Central neighbourhood. This gap has stayed consistent across all three years.
Source: police-recorded crime for Connah's Quay: Golftyn ward (North Wales Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. Connah's Quay: Golftyn ward: North Wales Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
Connah's Quay: Golftyn ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
79.5
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
Wales average
96.6
Neighbouring wards
Higher than
Willaston & Thornton
33.6
Lower than
Connah's Quay Central
116.1
Higher than
Connah's Quay South
23.8
Similar to
Flint: Oakenholt
80.1
Higher than
Northop
29.7
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Connah's Quay: Golftyn ward and the Wales average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences38%39%
- Anti-social behaviour19%15%
- Shoplifting13%7%
- Criminal damage and arson9%9%
- Public order7%10%
- Other theft4%5%
- Drugs2%3%
- Burglary2%3%
- Other crime1%3%
- Bicycle theft1%1%
- Vehicle crime1%4%
- Possession of weapons1%1%
- Robbery<1%1%
- Theft from the person<1%1%
