Crap Towns / Clwyd / Hawarden
Hawarden
43/100Crap Score
566th crappest of 984 towns, and 9th in Clwyd. Higher scores are crapper.
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Crap Town of the Year 2026/27
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Letters from the locals
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agree it's crap have defended it
Say it Harden or get told
An old castle, a newer castle, a library you can sleep in, and drains that can't cope.
Hawarden's said Harden, and they'll correct you every single time. There's a ruined castle, a newer castle built to look old, and a library you can stay the night in.
Now the new houses keep coming, the doctors and schools are rammed and the drains can't cope. 76 premises can't even get the legal minimum broadband, which might be why everyone's in the library. More sewage than most.
What the score is made of
Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.
Hawarden's 83 for sewage spills means it's crapper than 83% of towns.
- Sewage spills83/1001,011 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
- Rain69/100143 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
- Broadband56/1009.0% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 9.2% across the Flintshire council area
- Deliberate fires50/100
- Serious road collisions49/1002.4 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
- Fly-tipping44/10010.1 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Flintshire council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
- Food hygiene41/1001.8% rated 0 to 2, of the 57 food businesses with a rating
- Anti-social behaviour35/10012.7 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Air pollution29/1007.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of fine particles, 2024 average
- Criminal damage and arson10/1004.1 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
| Pos | Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Colwyn Bay | 78 |
| 4 | Prestatyn | 71 |
| 5 | Wrexham | 66 |
| 6 | Flint | 63 |
| 7 | Rhosllannerchrugog | 54 |
| 8 | Connah's Quay | 52 |
| 9 | Hawarden | 43 |
| 10 | Conwy | 41 |
| In danger of becoming nice from here down.11 | Buckley | 39 |
Below the dashed line: in danger of becoming nice.
Hawarden by numbers
Thinking of moving here? Don't say we didn't warn you.
Crime, muck and dodgy water
- 45.9 crimes per 1,000 people a year (September 2023 to August 2026) Better: 40% lower than the typical town's 76.2
- 36 reports of potholes and bad road surfaces on FixMyStreet, the most reported problem in the year to October 2026 Worse: 25.2 per 10,000 people, 7.4x the typical town's 3.4
What's left on the high street
- 8 pubs, 17 hairdressers, 1 bookmaker, 2 vape shops, 1 Greggs on the map here as of 1 October 2026
- 0.0% of takeaways rated 0 to 2 for hygiene (0 of 11) Better: Against the typical town's 4.0%
- 2 public toilets on the map (October 2026) Worse: 1.4 per 10,000 people, 13% lower than the typical town's 1.6
Getting about, getting online, getting rained on
- 11.45pm last bus out on a Wednesday Worse: Earlier than the typical town's 12.14am
- 1.8% of premises can't get superfast broadband (January 2026) Worse: 3.6x the typical town's 0.5%
- 9.0% live more than 400 metres from a park or play space Better: 42% lower than the typical town's 15.5%
- 1,465 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
Hawarden 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.