CH8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Holywell, in Flintshire.
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
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
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.
How CH8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
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
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in CH8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flintshire 001A | 1,883 | 104.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.1% |
| Flintshire 001C | 1,768 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.5% |
| Flintshire 002A | 2,442 | 95.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.3% |
| Flintshire 002B | 1,891 | 123.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.8% |
| Flintshire 002C | 2,243 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.2% |
| Flintshire 003C | 1,549 | 109.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.5% |
| Flintshire 003D | 1,229 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Flintshire 003E | 2,083 | 253.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 76.5% |
| Flintshire 003F | 1,922 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| Flintshire 006A | 2,106 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.1% |
| Flintshire 006B | 1,247 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.1% |
| Flintshire 006E | 1,717 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 44.9% |
MPs for CH8
- Becky GittinsLabourMP for Clwyd East100% of CH8’s postcodes
- Sir Mark TamiLabourMP for Alyn and Deeside0.3% of CH8’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CH84
Postcode sectors in CH83
Council1
Towns in CH81
Postcode districts next to CH86
More in the CH postcode area2
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.