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Mold

Mold is a town in Clwyd, Wales, with a population of around 10,058. It has around 1 school, around 3 pharmacies, and around 21 restaurants and cafés, with 10 bus stops and Celyn Wood Junction railway station 5.4 km away. The average sold house price is around £300,617, and there were around 107 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 Mold 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°CClear

  • Today: 10° / 5° · 16% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:39

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

Crime

99 reported · August 2026▼ 30% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences30
  • Anti-social behaviour20
  • Shoplifting16
  • Other theft9

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Mold East · 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

119 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 106 rated 4–5 ★ (90 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Celyn Wood Junction (5.1 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Buckley (5.7 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 (0.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (0.4 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

13 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: New Street Car Park Mold (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches27
  • Playgrounds22

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:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

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

  • Schools8
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens86
  • Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,180 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

108 jobs advertised · £38,334 avg

e.g. Technical Officer, Grounds Maintenance Operative, Highways Operative

Source: Adzuna

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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Nuclear 24% · Wind 21% · Imports 3%

196 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

7 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in CH7

  • North Wales
  • Preswylfa
  • Bradley'S Practice

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

  • Mold Town Hall · 0.1 km

    Mold Town Hall is a municipal structure in Earl Road in Mold, Wales. The town hall, which serves as the meeting place of Mold Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

  • St John the Evangelist's Church, Mold · 0.2 km

    St John the Evangelist's Church, was a Welsh church in King Street, Mold, Flintshire, North Wales. It is now redundant as a church; it has been divided and is used as a church hall. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade…

  • Mold railway station · 0.2 km

    Mold railway station in Mold, Flintshire, Wales, opened on 14 August 1849 as the terminus of a double-track line from the Chester and Holyhead Railway, starting at Saltney near Chester. It was joined in September 1869…

  • St Mary's Church, Mold · 0.3 km

    St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Mold, Flintshire, Wales, and a Grade I listed building. It belongs to the Deanery of Mold, the Archdeaconry of Wrexham and the Diocese of St Asaph of the Church in Wale…

  • Mold Castle · 0.5 km

    Mold Castle, also known as Bailey Hill in the town of Mold, Flintshire, north-east Wales, is a motte-and-bailey castle erected around 1072, probably by the Norman Robert de Montalt under instructions from Hugh d'Avran…

  • Ysgol Maes Garmon · 0.5 km

    Ysgol Maes Garmon is an 11–18 mixed, Welsh-medium community secondary school and sixth form in Mold, Flintshire, Wales. It was established in 1961 and is the only Welsh-medium High school in Flintshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Mold?
Mold is a town in Clwyd, Wales, in the Flintshire local authority.
What is the population of Mold?
Mold has an approximate settlement population of 10,058.
How deprived is Mold?
The Flintshire local authority, which includes Mold, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.