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Northop

Northop is a village in Clwyd, Wales, with a population of around 1,000. It has 77 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Celyn Wood Junction, 0.7 km away. There were around 6 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Northop 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°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 61% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:35

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · August 2026▼ 40% YoY

  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Other theft1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Northop · 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

15 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 15 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Celyn Wood Junction (0.7 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Flint (4.6 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 (4.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (4.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

19 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Flint Mountain Supercharger (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches8
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

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

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens6

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Nuclear 28% · Gas 20% · Imports 3%

77 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

  • Church of St Eurgain and St Peter · 0.3 km

    The Church of St Eurgain and St Peter is a parish church located in Northop, Flintshire, Wales. It is a Grade I listed building. The Church in Wales church was first documented in the 13th century, with its tower like…

  • Northop · 0.6 km

    Northop is a village, community and electoral ward situated in Flintshire, Wales, approximately 12 miles west of the city of Chester, midway between Mold and Flint, and situated just off junction 33 of the A55 North W…

  • Flintshire Coalfield · 0.8 km

    The Flintshire Coalfield in north-east Wales is one of the smaller British coalfields. It is in the county of Flintshire and extends from the Point of Ayr in the north, along the Dee Estuary through Connah's Quay to C…

  • Northop campus · 0.8 km

    Northop campus stands to the north-west of the village of Northop, Flintshire in North Wales. It is formed of two conjoined campuses of Coleg Cambria and Wrexham University, on the grounds of the former Welsh College…

  • Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency) · 1.2 km

    Alyn and Deeside is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2001 by Mark Tami of the Labour Party. The constituency was created in 1983, and it el…

  • Flintshire · 1.2 km

    Flintshire is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, the Dee Estuary to the north-east, the English county of Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbigh…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Northop?
Northop is a town in Clwyd, Wales, in the Flintshire local authority.
What is the population of Northop?
Northop has an approximate settlement population of 1,001.
How deprived is Northop?
The Flintshire local authority, which includes Northop, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.