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CH5

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Wepre, Garden City and Golftyn, in Flintshire.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CH5 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In CH5, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£215,000
482nd cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
42,394
371st most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How CH5 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

CH5Middle
Median sale price24 postcode districts, CH · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in CH24 areas from £121,500 to £470,000. The middle area is £220,625. CH5 is £215,000.
£215,00011th cheapest
Population29 postcode districts, CH · 2021
Population: every postcode district in CH29 areas from 214 to 50,349. The middle area is 28,625. CH5 is 42,394.
42,3942nd most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage29 postcode districts, CH · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in CH29 areas from 52.8% to 98.6%. The middle area is 93.5%. CH5 is 92.6%.
92.6%13th lowest
Claimant rate24 postcode districts, CH · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in CH24 areas from 1.4% to 7.7%. The middle area is 2.8%. CH5 is 3.3%.
3.3%10th highest

Is CH5 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CH5 at a rate of 91.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across CH.

In August 2026 alone, 389 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CH5.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,465), anti-social behaviour (787) and other crime (645).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CH5 was 89.5 per 1,000 people.

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.

Deprivation in CH5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CH5 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

Neighbourhoods in CH5

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Flintshire 007A1,53999.2 per 1,000597.3%
Flintshire 007B1,918176.2 per 1,000277.9%
Flintshire 007C1,187131.1 per 1,000896.2%
Flintshire 007D1,476141.9 per 1,000183.9%
Flintshire 008A1,21038.2 per 1,000999.8%
Flintshire 008B1,36866.0 per 1,000996.5%
Flintshire 008C1,18041.5 per 1,0009100.0%
Flintshire 008D1,17629.2 per 1,0008100.0%
Flintshire 008E2,339127.3 per 1,000896.8%
Flintshire 009A1,82691.7 per 1,000682.4%
Flintshire 009B1,519193.9 per 1,000194.4%
Flintshire 009C1,744114.7 per 1,000596.0%
Flintshire 009D1,174154.6 per 1,000299.8%
Flintshire 009E1,435210.3 per 1,000199.8%
Flintshire 009F2,147157.1 per 1,000798.9%
Flintshire 010A1,62441.1 per 1,000897.5%
Flintshire 010B1,74228.8 per 1,000995.8%
Flintshire 010C1,63422.8 per 1,0001098.8%
Flintshire 011A1,67459.1 per 1,000698.0%
Flintshire 011B1,61247.4 per 1,000676.8%
Flintshire 011C1,907116.6 per 1,000386.1%
Flintshire 013A1,541105.0 per 1,000797.7%
Flintshire 013C1,72718.0 per 1,0001097.2%
Flintshire 013D1,59634.9 per 1,0001096.7%
Flintshire 013E2,17950.4 per 1,0001083.6%
Flintshire 013F1,92820.2 per 1,0001098.2%

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Council1

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Nearest rail stations4

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CH5 in brief

CH5 is a postcode district covering Wepre, Garden City and Golftyn, in Flintshire.

About 42,543 people lived in CH5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,000 in 2025 across 602 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 91.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in CH5 was £215,000 in 2025.

CH5 had 42,394 usual residents at the census.

In CH5, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In CH5, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.