Crap Towns / Gwersyllt / Crime

How much crime is there in Gwersyllt?

The police recorded 70.9 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Gwersyllt from September 2023 to August 2026, 7% lower than the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 37.2. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 78.1, up from 69.1 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	69.1	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	65.5	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	78.1	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	37.2	34.1
Criminal damage and arson	9.0	7.0
Public order	5.6	6.6
Shoplifting	5.3	7.1
Other theft	4.0	5.4
Vehicle crime	2.7	3.8
Drugs	2.3	2.4
Burglary	1.9	3.1
Other crime	1.8	2.0
Possession of weapons	0.7	0.8
Bicycle theft	0.3	0.5
Robbery	0.1	0.6
Theft from the person	0.1	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Wrexham	3.2 km	137
Shotton	15.2 km	123
Mold	13.4 km	108
Chester	15.7 km	95.4
Acrefair and Cefn-mawr	11.0 km	86.0
Rhosllannerchrugog	7.5 km	73.3
Gwersyllt	–	70.9
Brynteg	1.8 km	60.7
Buckley	11.7 km	54.2
Hawarden	14.0 km	45.9
Broughton	11.8 km	38.7
The typical town	–	76.2