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Lixwm

Lixwm is a village in Clwyd, Wales. It has 1 bus stop and the nearest railway station is Celyn Wood Junction, 7.1 km away. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Lixwm area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Flintshire area is less deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 154,962 residents at roughly 352 people per km².

Council
Flintshire
County
Clwyd
Constituency
Delyn
Police force
North Wales

Weather

8°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 50% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:35

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Caerwys · North Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Tackling retail crime
  • Crime Prevention

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

Road safety

113 reported road collisions (2025)

47 killed or seriously injured · 154 casualties · 7.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

4 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 4 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Celyn Wood Junction (7.1 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Flint (7.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£214,882 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across Flintshire · to 2026-08

Detached£309,244
Semi-detached£192,039
Terraced£156,820
Flat£105,420

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£811 average monthly rent▲ 7.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £593
  • 2 bed £756
  • 3 bed £892

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (9.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (9.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Glan Yr Afon Inn (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

154,962 residents in Flintshire · 352/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,604
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,126
  • Net moves+478

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

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

Council tax

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

Care & health services

2 CQC-registered services

  • Homecare agencies2

CQC ratings: 100% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Flintshire

Your MP

Becky Gittins

Labour

Clwyd East

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 26
  • Con 1
  • LD 4
  • Ref 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,180 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£771 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% 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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,585 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

73% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Nuclear 28% · Gas 25% · Imports 2%

99 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in CH8

  • Pendre Surgery
  • Bodowen Surgery
  • Pennant Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Clwyd East:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

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  • Nannerch · 1.8 km

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  • Ysceifiog · 1.9 km

    Ysceifiog, also spelled as Ysgeifiog, is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales. It lies on a back road just north of the A541 highway between Nannerch and Caerwys. The name translates roughly as "a place where…

  • Rhes-y-cae · 1.9 km

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  • Babell · 1.9 km

    Babell is a hamlet in Flintshire, Wales. It is part of the community of Ysgeifiog.

  • Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway · 2.0 km

    The Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway was a railway company that built a 16-mile (26 km) railway line in North Wales. It formed a link between the Mold Railway and the Vale of Clwyd Railway towards Rhyl.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Lixwm?
Lixwm is a town in Clwyd, Wales, in the Flintshire local authority.
How deprived is Lixwm?
The Flintshire local authority, which includes Lixwm, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.