Crime Rate in Smithfield, ward

Smithfield has the 3rd highest crime rate of 49 wards in Wrexham district and the 190th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Smithfield in the last 12 months was 234.1 per 1,000 residents and was 130.6% higher than the Wrexham district average (101.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Smithfield’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 259 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 61.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 322 (≈ 100.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Smithfield ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 106 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (43 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.