# CH8

Postcode district covering Holywell, in Flintshire.

CH8 is a postcode district covering Holywell, in Flintshire. Median sale price £200,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 89.2 per 1,000 people. About 20,904 people.

Postcode district. Code CH8. 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 CH8 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £200,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CH8 was £200,000 in 2025. Joint 372nd 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/ch8#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 20,969** (2021). CH8 had 20,969 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,355th least 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/ch8#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 99%** (2022). About 99% of people in CH8 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/ch8#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.5%** (January 2026). In CH8, 88.5% 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/ch8#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=CH8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 99% of people in CH8 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=CH8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 271 homes were sold in CH8 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=CH8) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for CH8.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=CH8) (Census 2021, England and Wales): CH8 had 20,969 usual residents at the census.

## How CH8 compares

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

| Measure | CH8 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £200,000 | 6th cheapest | 24 postcode districts, CH · 2025 |
| Population | 20,969 | 13th least populated | 29 postcode districts, CH · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 99% | 2nd most people in radon Affected Areas | 29 postcode districts, CH · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 88.5% | joint 6th lowest | 29 postcode districts, CH · Jan 2026 |

## Is CH8 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CH8 at a rate of 89.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across the CH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 219 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CH8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (788), anti-social behaviour (379) and other crime (280).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CH8 was 101.9 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 CH8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CH8 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in CH8

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Flintshire 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000287) | 1,883 | 104.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.1% |
| [Flintshire 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000338) | 1,768 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.5% |
| [Flintshire 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000306) | 2,442 | 95.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.3% |
| [Flintshire 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000320) | 1,891 | 123.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.8% |
| [Flintshire 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000340) | 2,243 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.2% |
| [Flintshire 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000296) | 1,549 | 109.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.5% |
| [Flintshire 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000297) | 1,229 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| [Flintshire 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000304) | 2,083 | 253.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 76.5% |
| [Flintshire 003F](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000305) | 1,922 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| [Flintshire 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000258) | 2,106 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.1% |
| [Flintshire 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000270) | 1,247 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.1% |
| [Flintshire 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/neighbourhood/w01000301) | 1,717 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 44.9% |

## Your MP

- [Clwyd East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/clwyd-east): Becky Gittins (Labour), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [Alyn and Deeside](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/alyn-and-deeside): Sir Mark Tami (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.3% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in CH8

[Caerwys, Halkyn & Nannerch](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/caerwys-halkyn-and-nannerch), [Gronant, Ffynnongroyw & Trelawnyd](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/gronant-ffynnongroyw-and-trelawnyd), [Holywell & Bagillt](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/holywell-and-bagillt), [Mostyn & Holway](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire/mostyn-and-holway)

## Postcode sectors in CH8

[CH8 7 (277 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch8-7), [CH8 8 (204 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch8-8), [CH8 9 (199 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch8-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in CH8

[Holywell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/holywell)

## Postcode districts next to CH8

[CH6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch6), [CH7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch7), [LL16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ll16), [LL17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ll17), [LL18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ll18), [LL19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ll19)

## 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)

## CH8 in brief

CH8 is a postcode district covering Holywell, in Flintshire.
About 20,904 people lived in CH8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 271 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 89.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CH8 was £200,000 in 2025.
CH8 had 20,969 usual residents at the census.
About 99% of people in CH8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CH8, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: CH8
- Postcode area: [CH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch)
- Constituency: [Clwyd East †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/clwyd-east)
- Council: [Flintshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire)
- Area: 111 km²
- People, mid-2024: 20,904*
- Neighbourhoods: 12
- Output areas: 71

* 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

[CH7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch7), [CH6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch6), [LL19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ll19), [LL18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ll18), [LL16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ll16), [LL17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ll17)

## Latest updates for CH8

- 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/CH8

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch8, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch8#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch8