Total Crime Rate

183.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 183.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.9 9/10
  • Public order 22.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Eighth Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Gwersyllt East , and the 56th highest crime rate of 413 local areas in Wrexham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Eighth Avenue (LL12 0SD) in the last 12 months was 183.5 per 1,000 residents and was 268.5% higher than the Gwersyllt East average (49.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 110.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eighth Avenue (LL12 0SD), the main crime hotspot is near Chweched Rhodfa. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Eighth Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Laburnum Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Tree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seventh Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eighth Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Tree Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Tree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Tree Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oak Tree Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chweched Rhodfa —
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Data Sources

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