Total Crime Rate
402.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
146.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chester Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Acton and Maesydre , and the 16th highest crime rate of 414 local areas in Wrexham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chester Road (LL12 7AD) in the last 12 months was 402.0 per 1,000 residents and was 243.3% higher than the Acton and Maesydre average (117.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 137.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 146.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chester Road (LL12 7AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stryt Y Syfwr, where police recorded 155 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (71 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wrexham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stryt Y Syfwr | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stryt Y Syfwr | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stryt Y Syfwr | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stryt Y Syfwr | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stryt Y Syfwr | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stryt Y Syfwr | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stryt Y Syfwr | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stryt Y Syfwr | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stryt Y Syfwr | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maesydre Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stryt Y Syfwr | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chester Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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