# CH5

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

CH5 is a postcode district covering Wepre, Garden City and Golftyn, in Flintshire. Median sale price £215,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 91.2 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code CH5. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [CH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £215,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CH5 was £215,000 in 2025. Joint 482nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch5#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 42,394** (2021). CH5 had 42,394 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 371st most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch5#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 98%** (2022). About 98% of people in CH5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch5#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.6%** (January 2026). In CH5, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch5#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=CH5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 98% of people in CH5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=CH5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 602 homes were sold in CH5 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=CH5) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for CH5.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=CH5) (Census 2021, England and Wales): CH5 had 42,394 usual residents at the census.

## How CH5 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | CH5 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £215,000 | 11th cheapest | 24 postcode districts, CH · 2025 |
| Population | 42,394 | 2nd most populated | 29 postcode districts, CH · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 98% | joint 3rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 29 postcode districts, CH · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 92.6% | 13th lowest | 29 postcode districts, CH · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the CH postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in CH5

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Flintshire 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000273) | 1,539 | 99.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.3% |
| [Flintshire 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000274) | 1,918 | 176.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 77.9% |
| [Flintshire 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000275) | 1,187 | 131.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.2% |
| [Flintshire 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000278) | 1,476 | 141.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 83.9% |
| [Flintshire 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000276) | 1,210 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Flintshire 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000277) | 1,368 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.5% |
| [Flintshire 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000279) | 1,180 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Flintshire 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000281) | 1,176 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Flintshire 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000283) | 2,339 | 127.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.8% |
| [Flintshire 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000332) | 1,826 | 91.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.4% |
| [Flintshire 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000333) | 1,519 | 193.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
| [Flintshire 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000334) | 1,744 | 114.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% |
| [Flintshire 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000335) | 1,174 | 154.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Flintshire 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000336) | 1,435 | 210.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Flintshire 009F](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000337) | 2,147 | 157.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| [Flintshire 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000252) | 1,624 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.5% |
| [Flintshire 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000280) | 1,742 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.8% |
| [Flintshire 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000282) | 1,634 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| [Flintshire 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000311) | 1,674 | 59.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.0% |
| [Flintshire 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000312) | 1,612 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.8% |
| [Flintshire 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000328) | 1,907 | 116.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.1% |
| [Flintshire 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000251) | 1,541 | 105.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
| [Flintshire 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000284) | 1,727 | 18.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.2% |
| [Flintshire 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000285) | 1,596 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| [Flintshire 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000286) | 2,179 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.6% |
| [Flintshire 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000302) | 1,928 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |

## Your MP

- [Alyn and Deeside](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/alyn-and-deeside): Sir Mark Tami (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in CH5

[Connah's Quay North](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/connahs-quay-north), [Connah's Quay South & Northop Hall](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/connahs-quay-south-and-northop-hall), [Connah's Quay Wepre](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/connahs-quay-wepre), [Ewloe & Hawarden](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/ewloe-and-hawarden), [Queensferry & Sandycroft](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/queensferry-and-sandycroft), [Shotton & Garden City](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/shotton-and-garden-city)

## Postcode sectors in CH5

[CH5 1 (210 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch5-1), [CH5 2 (269 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch5-2), [CH5 3 (306 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch5-3), [CH5 4 (371 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch5-4), [CH5 9 (16 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch5-9)

## Council

[Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire)

## Towns in CH5

[Connah's Quay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/connahs-quay), [Hawarden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hawarden)

## Postcode districts next to CH5

[CH1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch1), [CH4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch4), [CH6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch6), [CH7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch7), [CH64](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch64)

## Nearest rail stations

[Hawarden (800 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-3.0321,53.1854), [Shotton (2.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-3.0384,53.2125), [Hawarden Bridge (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-3.0327,53.2181), [Buckley (3.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-3.0559,53.1630)

## More in the CH postcode area

[All CH postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 98% of people in CH5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CH5, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: CH5
- Postcode area: [CH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch)
- Constituency: [Alyn and Deeside †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/alyn-and-deeside)
- Council: [Flintshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire)
- Area: 62.33 km²
- People, mid-2024: 42,543*
- Neighbourhoods: 26
- Output areas: 136

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[CH4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch4), [CH7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch7), [CH1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch1), [CH6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch6), [CH64](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch64)

## Latest updates for CH5

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/CH5

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch5, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch5#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch5