Crime in Wrexham

Police.uk reported crime in Wrexham, Wrexham. Category breakdown, 24-month trend, and postcode-district hot and cold spots within the town.

Incidents reported (12m)
7,176
+3.8% vs prior year
Window
Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
Police.uk reports ~2 months in arrears.
Refreshed
1 August 2026

Crime in Wrexham by category

Last 12 months, all 14 Police.uk categories. Bars are scaled to the largest category in Wrexham.

Category Incidents % of mix Volume
Violence and sexual offences 2,405 33.5%
Anti-social behaviour 1,424 19.8%
Criminal damage and arson 865 12.1%
Public order 559 7.8%
Other theft 534 7.4%
Shoplifting 353 4.9%
Burglary 258 3.6%
Vehicle crime 214 3.0%
Drugs 195 2.7%
Other crime 194 2.7%
Possession of weapons 64 0.9%
Bicycle theft 61 0.9%
Robbery 35 0.5%
Theft from the person 15 0.2%

Where Wrexham's crime mix differs from the UK

Top 5 categories where Wrexham's 12-month share differs most from the national average. Percentage-point delta. Positive means more concentrated in Wrexham than the UK as a whole.

Category Wrexham UK Delta
Anti-social behaviour 19.8% 16.3% +3.5 pp
Vehicle crime 3.0% 6.5% -3.5 pp
Criminal damage and arson 12.1% 9.0% +3.1 pp
Violence and sexual offences 33.5% 31.7% +1.9 pp
Theft from the person 0.2% 1.7% -1.5 pp

Monthly incident volume

Nov 2023 to Oct 2025. Police.uk publishes ~2 months in arrears.

684 342 0 Nov 2023 Oct 2024 Oct 2025
Monthly incident volume
MonthValue
2023-11644
2023-12616
2024-01594
2024-02569
2024-03577
2024-04630
2024-05674
2024-06684
2024-07624
2024-08676
2024-09610
2024-10660
2024-11590
2024-12589
2025-01605
2025-02563
2025-03602
2025-04558
2025-05554
2025-06619
2025-07649
2025-08660
2025-09607
2025-10580

Hottest postcode districts in Wrexham

  • LL11 7,176 incidents (12m)
  • LL12 7,176 incidents (12m)
  • LL13 7,176 incidents (12m)
  • LL14 7,176 incidents (12m)
  • 151 incidents (12m)

Quietest postcode districts in Wrexham

  • 151 incidents (12m)
  • LL11 7,176 incidents (12m)
  • LL12 7,176 incidents (12m)
  • LL13 7,176 incidents (12m)
  • LL14 7,176 incidents (12m)

Postcode-district counts use the bounding box of every address in the district, so they're approximate. Treat them as a relative ranking within Wrexham rather than an absolute count.

What Wrexham crime data isn't

  • Reported, not actual. Many crimes go unreported. The data reflects what reached Police.uk, not the underlying incidence rate.
  • Locations are obfuscated. Each incident is mapped to a snap point within roughly 250 metres of the true location to protect victim privacy.
  • Force-by-force inconsistency. Different police forces classify and record borderline incidents differently. Comparing two areas covered by different forces needs care.
  • Patrol-density bias. Areas with heavier patrol presence record more incidents, partly because more crime is observed and reported.

FAQ

All incidents come from Police.uk, the official open-data feed published by UK police forces. Data is updated monthly. The figures show what was reported and recorded, not necessarily what happened.
Police.uk obfuscates each incident location to a "snap point", typically the centre of the nearest street or a similar landmark within roughly 250 metres. This protects victim privacy. The category and month are accurate; the precise address is intentionally not.
Read them as one signal among many. Anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime are quality-of-life signals. Burglary trends matter for insurance and security. Raw counts reflect both the actual incident rate and how heavily an area is patrolled and reported, so busy commercial streets always look 'worse' than quiet residential ones.
Police.uk publishes about two months in arrears. So crime for January typically appears in March or April. The 12-month window on this page ends with the most recent month available.

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