Crime Rate in Penycae, ward

Penycae has the 13th highest crime rate of 49 wards in Wrexham district and the 1831st highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Penycae in the last 12 months was 95.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% lower than the Wrexham district average (101.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Penycae’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 99 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 112 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Penycae ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Delfryn, with 35 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Poplar Road (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.