Holywell Central
WardNorth west Flintshire. About 2,080 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Holywell Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Holywell Central compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Holywell Central safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Holywell Central at a rate of 253.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 76.6 per 1,000 people across Flintshire.
Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 56 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Holywell Central.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (176), anti-social behaviour (105) and other crime (81).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Flintshire
These figures are published for the whole of Flintshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of Flintshire and not Holywell Central alone. See Flintshire
Holywell Central in brief
Holywell Central had 2,083 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Holywell Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Holywell Central, 76.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Holywell Central, 6.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.