Crap Towns / Clwyd / Bagillt
Bagillt
74/100Crap Score
Too small for the table, which starts at 10,000 people, but it still scores 74. Higher scores are crapper.
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Letters from the locals
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agree it's crap have defended it
Watch your feet. No, watch the bike.
Dog shit on the pavement, scramblers on the road, sewage in the estuary. Nice view, mind.
Bagillt used to be a port with lead works and pits. Now it's got the Dee estuary on the doorstep and dog shit everywhere else. Look at the view and you'll tread in it. Look at your feet and some lad on a pit bike will flatten you.
The estuary gets its share as well. The overflows nearby run for 13 times as long as the typical town's, so it's not just the pavements that are full of shit. There are over twice the typical town's bookies per head, and 49 premises can't even get the legal minimum broadband, so a lot of people are walking to the bookies. Mind your feet.
What the score is made of
Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.
Bagillt's 98 for sewage spills means it's crapper than 98% of towns.
- Sewage spills98/1003,563 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
- Rain68/100141 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
- Anti-social behaviour67/10017.6 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Serious road collisions63/1002.9 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
- Food hygiene61/1005.9% rated 0 to 2, of the 17 food businesses with a rating
- Broadband56/1009.0% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 9.2% across the Flintshire council area
- Criminal damage and arson52/1007.2 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Deliberate fires50/100
- Fly-tipping44/10010.1 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Flintshire council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
- Air pollution18/1005.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of fine particles, 2024 average
| Pos | Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhyl | 94 |
| 2 | Llandudno | 87 |
| 3 | Colwyn Bay | 78 |
| – | Bagillt | 74 |
| 4 | Prestatyn | 71 |
| 5 | Wrexham | 66 |
| 6 | Flint | 63 |
| 7 | Rhosllannerchrugog | 54 |
| 8 | Connah's Quay | 52 |
Bagillt by numbers
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Crime, muck and dodgy water
- 67.2 crimes per 1,000 people a year (September 2023 to August 2026) Better: 12% lower than the typical town's 76.2
- 1 reports of litter and bins on FixMyStreet, the most reported problem in the year to October 2026 Worse: 1.7 per 10,000 people, 1.9x the typical town's 0.9
What's left on the high street
Getting about, getting online, getting rained on
- 11.34pm last bus out on a Wednesday Worse: Earlier than the typical town's 12.14am
- 2.0% of premises can't get superfast broadband (January 2026) Worse: 4x the typical town's 0.5%
- 0.0% live more than 400 metres from a park or play space Better: Against the typical town's 15.5%
- 1,514 hours of sunshine a year (1991 to 2020 average) About the same: About the same as the typical town's 1,532
Flintshire council
Have a crap-off
Bagillt against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.
- ?Fly-tippingper 1,000, council area?
- ?Anti-social behaviourper 1,000 people?
- ?Serious road crashesper 10,000 people?
- ?Sewage spillshours per 10,000 people?
- ?Food hygienerated poor?
- ?Criminal damageper 1,000 people?
- ?Dirty airµg/m³?
- ?No gigabitof premises can't get it?
- ?Deliberate firesper 10,000 people?
- ?Raindays a year?
Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.