Flint

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 19° / 14° · 48% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:35

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

118 reported · July 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences35
• Anti-social behaviour30
• Criminal damage & arson15
• Shoplifting9

3 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Flint Castle · North Wales

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

122 reported road collisions (2024)

51 killed or seriously injured · 176 casualties · 7.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

74 food businesses within 2 miles

• 67 rated 4–5 ★ (58 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Flint (0.5 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£213,930 average▲ 1% YoY

Across Flintshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£803 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £588
• 2 bed £749
• 3 bed £883

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (5.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (8.3 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Lon Y Becws Parking (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

154,962 residents in Flintshire · 352/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in Wales

3% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 11% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 71,570)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

2 CQC-registered services

• Homecare agencies2

CQC ratings: 100% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Flintshire

Sir Mark Tami

Labour

Alyn and Deeside

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens41
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

57 jobs advertised · £33,970 avg

e.g. Electrical Bias Maintenance Technician, Care Assistant, Traffic Marshall/Banksman

Source: Adzuna

£771 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,426 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,585 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Nuclear 24% · Solar 21% · Imports 4%

188 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Alyn and Deeside:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office446 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s349 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership321 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test284 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth275 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Flint, Flintshire · 0.3 km

  Flint is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Dee. It is the former county town of Flintshire. According to the 2011 Census, the population of the community of Flint was 12,953,…

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  Flint Town Hall · 0.5 km

  Flint Town Hall is a municipal structure in the Market Square, Flint, Flintshire, Wales. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Flint Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Flint railway station · 0.5 km

  Flint railway station serves the town of Flint in Flintshire, North Wales. It is located on the North Wales Coast Line and is managed by Transport for Wales, which provides most of the passenger trains that call here;…

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  Flint Lifeboat Station · 0.7 km

  Flint Lifeboat Station is located in the shadow of Flint Castle at the end of Castle Dyke Street, in Flint, a town situated on the south bank of the River Dee estuary, on the North Wales coast.

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  St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Flint · 0.8 km

  St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School is a Catholic co-educational voluntary aided secondary school situated on Albert Avenue in Flint, Flintshire, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1954 to serve the Catholic populatio…

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  Cae-y-Castell · 0.8 km

  Cae-y-Castell is a football stadium in Flint, Flintshire, Wales. Located on the banks of the Dee Estuary close to Flint Castle, it is the home ground of Flint Town United and is also used by Connah's Quay Nomads and F…

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