Total Crime Rate

32.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 32.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Forest Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Gresford East and West , and the 112th lowest crime rate of 413 local areas in Wrexham .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Forest Road (LL12 0UB) in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% lower than the Gresford East and West average (36.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Road (LL12 0UB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dolydd Carlton, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parker Court (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhodfa'R Garn Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dolydd Carlton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dolydd Carlton Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dolydd Carlton Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dolydd Carlton Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Laburnum Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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