Crap Towns / Wrexham / Crime

How much crime is there in Wrexham?

The police recorded 137 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Wrexham from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.8 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 60.6. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 131, down from 144 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	144	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	136	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	131	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	60.6	34.1
Shoplifting	22.9	7.1
Criminal damage and arson	15.2	7.0
Public order	11.5	6.6
Other theft	9.1	5.4
Burglary	4.6	3.1
Drugs	3.7	2.4
Vehicle crime	3.4	3.8
Other crime	2.6	2.0
Bicycle theft	1.1	0.5
Possession of weapons	1.1	0.8
Theft from the person	0.7	0.4
Robbery	0.6	0.6

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Wrexham	–	137
Shotton	17.8 km	123
Mold	16.6 km	108
Chester	16.7 km	95.4
Acrefair and Cefn-mawr	10.1 km	86.0
Rhosllannerchrugog	6.7 km	73.3
Gwersyllt	3.2 km	70.9
Brynteg	4.8 km	60.7
Buckley	14.7 km	54.2
Hawarden	16.4 km	45.9
Broughton	13.7 km	38.7
The typical town	–	76.2