Holywell East
WardNorth west Flintshire. About 1,961 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Holywell East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Holywell East compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Holywell East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Holywell East at a rate of 67.8 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, 14 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Holywell East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (69), anti-social behaviour (31) and other crime (19).
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 East alone. See Flintshire
Holywell East in brief
Holywell East had 1,924 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Holywell East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Holywell East, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Holywell East, 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.